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INTRODUCTION. 



The preparation of this little work was undertaken in 
compliance with the urgent solicitations of intelligent and 
judicious friends, who were of opinion that something of 
the kind is greatly needed, and who seemed to think that, 
by an effort to supply the demand, the author might render 
an essential service to tne cause of evanarelical truth and 
righteousness. His design has been to furnish an addi- 
tional facility to the acquisition of Divine knowledge, and 
thus to aid in extending among the children and youth of 
our land an acquaintance with that Word which is able to 
make them wise unto salvation. In the execution of his 
purpose, he has been led to set a higher estimate than ever 
upon the value of that extraordinary Book, which, like all 
the works of its holy and benevolent Donor, is " perfect 
and entire, wanting nothing." What a treasure is the 
Bible ! How rich and unfathomable the mines of truth 
which Wisdom and Goodness have here deposited to 
invite and reward our diligent investigations ! How great 
the pleasure and the profit of which tnose deprive them- 



selves who neglect it, or who never descend beneath itt 
surface I Wisely and kindly did the Great Teacher en- 
join the duty — " Search the Scriptures. 11 If we would 
have " the Word of Christ dwell in us richly, in all 
wisdom," we must study that Word with much carefulness 
and assiduity, " comparing spiritual things witn spiritual." 

The object of the author has been to propose such 
questions, under each head, as would be likely, by awak- 
ening interest and inducing thought, to suggest such other 
questions as might lead to a full discussion of every im- 
portant branch of the subject. Each question is a gate- 
way into a rich held of inquiry, where pearls of priceless 
worth will reward the toil of the industrious. 

The numerous Scripture references have been selected 
with great labor and care, and with a conscientious regard 
to the true teaching of the sacred volume. In many in- 
stances, it will be seen that the passages referred to are 
not to be regarded directly as proof-texts, but rather as 
furnishing illustrations of the particular subject with 
which acquaintance is sought. 

Teachers, who may use this book, should distinctly 
understand that they cannot employ it with advantage, 
unless they will previously devote considerable attentic* 
to the true import of both the questions and the refer- 
ences. Such preparatory labor will not only qualify them 
intelligently to superintend the recitations of their classes, 
but will be productive of great benefi to themselves, 
by liberally increasing their own amciint of Biblical 
information 



The author would respectfully suggest the desirableness 
that every Pastor should have a general supervision of the 
reJigious teaching in his own congregation. His re 
sponsibility in this matter is not small, and he cannot 
easily transfer it to others, however great his confidence 
n their judiciousness and ability. He should not only 
know -what is taught in the Sabbath school, and the Bible 
class or classes, but, as far as circumstances may admit, 
he should himself be the counsellor and instructor of the 
teachers. He would doubtless render a good service, if he 
should occasionally meet those who may use this book, and 
give familiarly such explanations of the more difficult qucs 
tions, and especially of the Scripture references, as might 
qualify them more perfectly for their important service. 
r< L*et him that is taught , communicate to him that teacheth in 
all good things." Teachers should desire and solicit this 
assistance from their Pastor; and, if his other duties will 
possibly permit, he will find it for his own as well as for 
the general advantage to comply with their wishes. 

It has already been suggested that this work might be 
enlarged, and made to embrace all that is desirable in 3 
Pastor's Bible Class Book. The hint is worthy of 
consideration, and will not be forgotten. 

fjf See General Remarks at the close of the volume. 
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CONTENTS, 



I Canonical Books of Scripture, . . 9 
II Authenticity and Inspiration of the Scrip- 
tures, 11 

III. Excellence and Authority of the Scrip- 

tures, lb 

IV. Existence of God, his Spirituality, &c. 17 
V. Eternity and Immutability of God, . 20 

VI. Omnipresence and Omniscience of God, 22 
VII. Omnipotence and Wisdom of God, . 24 
VIII. Independence and Incomprehensibleness 

of God, .... .2b 
IX. Justice, Truth and Holiness of God, 29 
X. Goodness and Mercy of God, . . 31 
XI. Humanity and Divinity of Christ, . 33 
XII Names and Offices of Christ, . . ol 
XIIL Same subject — continued, . . 40 
XIV. Nature and Offices of the Holy Spirit, 42 
XV. Angels, good and evil, ... 46 
XVI. Nature and Extent of the Divine Law, 49 
XVII. Same subject — continued, . . 51 
XVIII Providence of God, genera and particu- 
lar, 54 



XIX. 


Purposes of G od, 


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XX. 


Character and Condition of Man, . 


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XXI. 


Election of Grace — sovereign, eternal 
personal, 


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XXII. 


Atonement, 


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XXIII. 


Regeneration; t » • 


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XXIV. 


Holy Love, . . . • 


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Repentance, 


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XXVI. 


Forgiveness, • • . 


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XXVII. 


Adoption, . • 


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Faith, 


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XXIX. 


Justification, 


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XXX. 


Sanctification, 


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XXXL 


Perseverance, • • 


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XXXIL 


Same subject — continued, 


88 


XXXIII. 


Baptism and the Lord's Supper, 


91 


XXXIV. 


Death and a Future State, 


93 


XXXV. 


Resurrection and Judgment, 


95 


XXXVI. 


Heaven and Hell, • • . 


98 



General Remarks, 



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DOCTRINAL QUESTION BOOK. 



LESSON I. 

CANONICAL BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE. 

1. Why is a certain volume called " The Bi 
ble?" * 
8. Why is it called " The Scriptures ?" 

3. Why is it called " The Word of God ?" 

4. What is the meaning of the word " Testa- 
ment," when applied to u portion of the sacred 
writings ? 

5. Why is a part of the Bible called the ' i Old 
Testament?" 2 Cor. iii. 14. 

6. Why is the other part called the " New Tea* 
lament?" 2 Cor. iii. 6. 

7. What are the names of the books, as arranged 
in our Bible3 ? 

8. Why are these called canonical? 

* All the necessary definitions can be found in either 
Malcom's or the Union Bible Dictionary, which are sold 
at tiie Depository, 530 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 



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9. Why are certain books, which are sometimes 
found in our Bibles, appended to the Old Testa- 
ment, called the Apocrypha ? 

10. Are they properly reckoned as canonical ? 

11. Did the writers of them pretend to be in- 
spired ? 

12. Do they agree with the Holy Scriptures ? 
15. Did the Jews ever acknowledge them as of 

Divine authority ? 

14. Are they in a single instance quoted by 
Christ or his apostles ? 

15. Were they received in the first ages of the 
Christian church as canonical Scripture ? 

16. Taking the books of the Bible in their order, 
as now arranged, who are considered as their wri- 
ters? Who wrote Genesis, Exodus, &c? 

17. What books of the Old Testament are called 
the " Pentateuch?" 

18. Why are they sometimes called ■" the Law?" 
Josh. viii. 32 ; Neh. viii. 2 ; Matt. xii. 5 ; xxii. 40 ; 
John i. 17. 

19. Why are other books of the Old Testament 
styled " the Prophets?" Luke xvi. 29 ; Acts xiii. 
15 ; xxiv. 14 ; xxvi. 27. 

20. When was the common English version of 
the Bible made ? By whose order ? And by whom ? 

21. Are you familiar with the Bible, and do you 
love it? Ps. i. 2 ; xix. 10 ; cxix. 97, 127, 159,167. 



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O may these heavenly pages be 

My ever dear delight : 
And still new beauties may I see 

And still increasing light. 

Divine Instructor ! gracious Lord, 

Be thou forever near ; 
Teach me to love thy sacred word, 

And view my Saviour there. 



LESSON II. 

AUTHENTICITY AND INSPIRATION OF THE, SCRIP- 
TURES. 

1. What is meant by the authenticity of the 
Scriptures ? 

2. What satisfactory evidence is there that the 
different books of the Bible were written by the per- 
sons whose names they bear, or by whom they are 
generally believed to have been written 1 

3. What satisfactory evidence is there that these 
oooka were written at or about the time at which 
* hey profess to have been written ? 

4. Has any plausible proof been furnished that 
any of them were written by any other persons, ot 
at any other time ? 

5. Were the writers such persons as would be 
likely to communicate any thing but truth ? 2 Pet 
LSI. 



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6. Did they possess the i equisite means of know 
ing the truth of what they related 1 

7. What motives could any of the writers have 
had to misrepresent or deceive 1 

8. Has any evidence been produced that the} 
have misstated a single fact 1 

9. What proofs are discernible in the subjecL- 
matter, the diction, and the style of the sacred 
books, showing that they must have been written 
by the persons to whom they are ascribed, and at 
the times to which they are referred 1 

10. Are the books arranged in the order in which 
they were w T ritten 1 

11. Wnen were they divided into chapters and 
verses, — and w r hy 1 

12. What is meant by the inspiration of the 
Scriptures ? 

13. Did the sacred writers profess to be inspired ? 
lsa. vi. 6—10 ; Jer. i. 4—10 ; Ezek. i. 3 ; 1 Cor. 
ii. 13; Gal. i. 11, 12; Rev. i. 1,2. 

14. Could they have delivered to the world what 
they did as a Divine revelation, with confidence 
and with safety to themselves, unless they had been 
conscious of inspiration ] 

15. Could they have written what they did re- 
flpecting God and Jesus Christ, angels and men, 
time and eternity, heaven and hell, if they had not 
been divinely inspired 1 



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16. What do the Scriptures bay respecting then 
inspiration? 2 Sam. xxiii. 2 ; Mark xii. 36 ; Acts 
i. 16 ; xxviii. 25 ; Rom. iii. 2 ; 1 Cor. ii. 13 ; Gal 
i. 11, 12 ; 2 Tim. iii. 16 ; Hel. i. 1,2; iii. 7, 8 ; 
2 Pet. i. 20, 21; Rev. i. 1, 2. 

17. When it is said that the Scriptures were 
given by Divine inspiration, is it meant that every 
thing written there is in itself true, or that God 
directed the sacred writers there to record what 
is written ? Gen. iii. 2 — 5 ; Job xlii. 8 ; Ps. lxxir 
4—22; Matt. iv. 3—11. 

18. What is a miracle ? 

19. What was the design of miracles? Ex. iv. 
1—9 ; John x. 37, 38 ; xi. 42 ; Acts xiv. 3 ; Rom. 
xv. 18, 19 ; 2 Cor. xii. 12 ; Heb. ii. 3, 4. 

20. What are some of the miracles recorded in 
the Scriptures? Ex. xiv. 16, 21; 2 Kings ii. 8, 
14 ; Matt. iv. 23, 24 ; Luke viii. 24 ; John xi. 43, 
44 ; Acts v. 12, 15, 16. 

21. How many miracles are recorded in the 
Bible « 

22. What conclusion do you derive from the fan 
that such miracles were performed by Moses and 
the prophets, Christ and his apostles ? John iii 
2; v. 36; vii. 31; ix. 30—33; xv. 24; Acts ii. 
22 ; iv. 16 : x. 38. 

23. Is there any pr^of that miracles have been 

wrought since the last book of the Bible was 

written ? 

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s prophecy t 

man, un'iess he is inspired, 
foretell events that do not occur in the regular order 
of nature ? 

26. Who were the principal prophets mentioned 
n Scripture? 

27. How may a true prophet be known ? Jer. 
txviii. 9 ; Ezek. xxxiii. 33 ; John xiii. 19 ; xiv. 29. 

28. Can you mention some of the prophecies 
vhich have been fulfilled ? 

29. Can you mention some that remain to be 
Ailfilled? 

30. What proofs may be discovered in the teach- 
ings of the Bible that it has God for its author ? 

31. If the morality which the Bible inculcates 
were universally practised, what would be the 
effect upon individual character, and upon society? 

32. Is there any book that is worthy to be com- 
pared with the Bible 1 

33. Do you receive and treat the Bible as the 
Word of God? 

How precious is the book divine. 

By inspiration given ! 
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 

To guide our sou?s to heaven. 

It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts, 

In this dark vale of tears ; 
Life, light, and joy it still imparts. 

And quells our rising fears. 



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LESSON III. 

EXCELLENCE AND AUTHORITY OF THE SCRIP- 
TURES. 

1 . Why did the world need such a book as the 
Bible ! 

2. Did mankind deserve such a gift? 

3. What do we learn from the Bible that could 
not be learned from other sources ? 

4. What benefits are to be derived from the 
Scriptures? Ps. xix. 7 — 11; cxix. 105; Matt. 
xxii. 29 ; John v. 39 ; Rom. xv. 4 ; 2 Tim. iii. 15 ; 
2 Pet. i. 19. 

5. Why should we believe the teachings of the 
Bible? Ps. cxix. 160; John xvii. 17. 

6. Why should we practise the duties therein 
commanded? Ps. cxix. 56, 93, 100, 104, 128. 

7. Do the Scriptures teach us all we need to 
know and to do in matters of religion? Micah 
vi. 8. 

8. After hearing doctrines which are new to as, 
what course should we pursue? Acts xvii. 11. 

9. If we hear doctrines which are contrary to the 
Word of God, how should we regard them ? Prov. 
xix. 27 ; Isa. viii. 20 ; Matt. xxiv. 23—26. 

10. Has any man or body of men a right to add 



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any thing to he Bible, or to take any thing from it? 
Gal. i. 8 ; 2 John 10, 11 ; Rev. xxii. 18, 19. 

11. To what important point did the ceremonies 
and the prophecies of the Old Testament look for 
ward ? Gen. xlix. 10 ; Deut. xviii. 15 ; Luke xxiv 
44; 1 Pet. i. 10, 11. 

12. To what point in the past do the writers of 
the New Testament especially direct our attention ? 
John xii. 32 ; 1 Cor. i. 23 ; Gal. vi. 14 ; Heb. xii. 2. 

13. To what point in the future do they encour- 
age us to look? Matt. xxv. 31 — 46 ; John xiv. 2, 
3 ; Acts i. 11 ; 1 Thess. iv. 16, 17; Heb. ix. 28; 
Rev. i. 7. 

14. What state of mind is necessary to a right 
understanding of the Scriptures? Ps. xxv. 9, 10, 
14 ; John vii, 17 ; Eph. iii. 17—19. 

15. What commendable fact is mentioned by the 
apostle Paul, in 2 Tim. iii. 15? 

16. Ought the Bible to be furnished to all man- 
kind? 

17. Why should all have the Bible? Ps. cxix 
105 ; Prov. vi. 23 ; John v. 39 ; 2 Pet. i. 19. 

18. Why do bad men dislike and neglect and 
oppose the Bible? John iii. 19, 20. 

19. Why do good men love the Bible, and en- 
deavor to circulate it? Ps. xix. 7 — 11; John iii. 21; 
2 Tim iii. 15, It) ; 2 Pet. i 19. 



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20. Will those who have /he Bible be judged bf 
it? John xii. 48 ; Rom. ii. 12 ; 1 Cor. iv. 3, 4. 

21. Is the Bible the source of your religious 
belief, and the rule of your moral conduct? 

Here is the Judge that ends the strife 

When human reasonings fail : 
Here is the guide to endless life 

Through all this gloomy "vale. 

O may thy counsels, mighty God, 

My roving feet command, 
And keep me in the narrow road 

That leads to thy right hand. 



LESSON IV. 

EXISTENCE OF GOD, HIS SPIRITUALITY, ETC 

1. Do the Scriptures any where attempt, in a 
formal manner, to prove the existence of God ? 

2. Why may we suppose that they thus assume 
the fact of his existence, without proving it, or even 
asserting it? 

3. To what sources are we referred for proofs 
of his existence 1 Ps. xix. 1 — 3 ; Rom. i. 19, 20 ; 
Heb. iii. 4. 

4. Is it ration il to douht his existence? Ps. 
Iiii. 1. 

5. Are mankind naturally prone to reject the 

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evidence of his existence ? Job xxi. 14, 15; P 
Ixxxii. 5 ; Rom. i. 28. 

6. From what does this proneness arise? Ps. 
x. 4 ; Prov. i. 29 ; John iii. 19. 

7. Is belief in the existence of God an essential 
prmciple of true religion? Rom. x. 14 ; Heb. 
xi. 6. 

8. Is atheism, even in the heathen, criminal? 
Rom. i. 20, 21. 

9. What does the Bible teach respecting the 
nature of God ? John iv. 24 ; 2 Cor. iii. 17. 

10. What is meant by the doctrine of the Trin- 
ity? 

11. Is it a doctrine of the Bible ? 

12. Can it be learned from any other source than 
Divine Revelation? 

13. In which of the Testaments is it the most 
distinctly revealed ? 

14. What are the names of the persons or beings 
embraced in the Trinity? Matt, xxviii. 19 ; 2 Cor. 
xiii. 14 ; 1 John v. 7. 

15. Does the Bible teach this doctrine any where 
except in connection with the plan of salvation by 
grace ? Eph. ii. 18 ; 1 Pet. i. 2. 

16. Is it expected of us, or is it necessary, that 
we should understand how God can exist in this 
three-fold manner? Jub xi. 7 — 9; Matt. xi. 27; 
1 Tim. iii. 16 



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17. Is it unreasonable to believe a doctrine which 
owing to our limited pt wers, we are not able ai 
present to understand? 

18. If we find a doctrine revealed by God, is thai 
fact of itself a sufficient reason why we should be- 
aeve the doctrine 1 Deut. xxix. 29. 

19. Would it be right to reject the doctrine of 
the Trinity because it is beyond our comprehen- 
sion ? 

20. What is meant by the unity of God 1 Deut. 
vi. 4 ; Ps. lxxxvi. 10 ; Isa. xliv. 6 ; 1 Cor. viii. 4 ; 
Gal. iii. 20; Eph. iv. 6. 

21. Is the doctrine of God's unity opposed to the 
doctrine of the Trinity ; or rather to the pagan doc- 
trine of a plurality of gods 1 

22. Do you believe in God the Father, Son and 
Holy Spirit, as revealed in the Holy Scriptures? 

We raise our shouts, O God, to thee, 

And send them to thy throne ; 
All glory to th' united Three, 

The undivided One. 

'T was he — and we '11 adore his name — 

That formed us by a word ! 
*T is he restores our ruined frame — 

Salvation to the Lord ! 



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LESSON V. 

ETERNITY AND IMMUTABILITY OF GOD. 

1. What is meant by the eternity of God 1 
Deut. xxxii. 40 ; Ps. xc. 2 ; cii. 12, 24 ; cxxxv. 13 ; 
Isa. xliv. 6 ; xlviii. 12 ; lvii. 15 ; lxiii. 16 ; Rom. i. 
20 ; 1 Tim. i. 17 ; Rev. i. 4. 

2. Was there ever a time when God did not 
exist 1 

3. Will there ever be a time when he will not 
exist ? 

4. Is he self-existent or created? Ex. iii. 14 ; 
vi. 2. 

5. What effect should the doctrine of God's eter- 
nity have upon the minds of Christians? Deut. 
xxxiii. 27; 2 Cor. iv. 18. 

6. What effect should it have upon the minds of 
the impenitent? Heb. x. 31. 

7. What is meant by the immutability of God ? 
Num xxiii. 19; I Sam. xv. 29; Ps. xxxiii. 11; 
nff. 26, 27 ; Mai. iii. 6 ; James i. 17. 

8. Apart from the declarations of Scripture, 
what proofs are there of the immutability of God ? 

9. Is this attribute to be so understood as to sig- 
nify that his operations admit of no change under 
any circu nstances whatever ? Ezek xviii. 20 — 30 ; 
Jonah iii 1 — 10. 



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10. Because God changes his mode cf dealing 
with his creatures in accordance with their moral 
conduct, are we authorized to infer that he changes 
his principles ? Job xxiii. 13. 

11. What then are we to understand by those 
expressions which represent him as repenting? 
Gen. vi. 6 ; Ex. xxxii. 14 ; Jonah iii. 10. 

12. What should be the effect of the doctrine of 
God's immutability upon the minds of those wh 
Jove and obey him 1 

13. What should be the effect of the doctrine 
upon the minds of unbelievers 1 

14. Have the righteous any reason to fear, or 
the wicked any reason to hope, that God will change 
the laws by which he governs his creatures ? 

15. Have the righteous any reason to fear, or 
the wicked any reason to hope, that God will 
change the plan of mercy by which he saves sin- 
ners from guilt and perdition 1 

16. Have you such a character, and do you sus- 
tain such relations to God, that you can rejoice in 
his eternity and immutability? 

Thy throne eternal ages stood, 

Ere seas or stars were made : 
Thou art the ever-living God, 

Were all the nations dead. 

Eternity, with all its years, 

Stands present in thy view: 
To thee there 's nothing old appears; 

Great God ! there 's nothing new. 



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LESSON VI. 

OMNIPRESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE 01' GOD. 

1. What is meant by the omnipresence of God \ 
1 Kings viii. 27 ; Ps. cxxxix. 7 — 10 ; Jer. xxiii. 23 , 
Eph i. 23. 

2. Is God confined to any place ? 

3. Is he excluded from any place? 

4. Is he present at the same time in all places 7 

5. In what sense, then, can he be said to leave a 
place, or to forsake a people? Judges vi. 13; 1 
Kings viii. 57 ; 2 Kings xxi. 14 ; 2 Chron. xxxii. 
31 ; Jer. xii. 7 ; xiv. 9 ; Hos. ix. 12. 

6. Is there any thing in the operations of the 
natural world that implies the constant presence of 
God? 

7. Is there any thing in the events of Providence 
that proves the universal presence of God ? 

8. What would be the probable effect if G<J 
should, in evert/ sense, withdraw from any part of 
his dominions? 

9. Is the omnipresence of God essential to the 
perfection of his nature ? 

10. Is it essential to the perfection of his gov- 
ernment ? 

11. What effect should the doctrine of God'a 



omnipresence have upon the minds of Christians * 
Ps. xvi. 8, 9 ; xxiii. 4 ; Isa. xlii. J 6 ; Heb. xiii. 5. 

12. What effect should it have upon the minds 
of the unconverted ? 

13. If they fully realized the fact of God's uni- 
versal presence, could they tajk and act as they do? 

i 4 . What is meant by the omniscience of God ? 
1 Chron. xxviii. 9; 2 Chron. xvi. 9 ; Job xxxvii, 
10 ; Ps. xL 4 ; xxxiii. 13, 14 ; xciv. 9, 10 ; cxxxix. 
1 — 4 ; Prov. xv. 3 ; Dan. ii. 22 ; Acts xv. 18 ; 
Rom. xi. 33 ; Heb. iv. 13 ; 1 John iii. 20. 

15 What is the difference between omnipres 
ence and omniscience ? 

16. To what points of time does the knowledge 
of God extend ? 

17. To what places and events does his knowl- 
edge extend? 

18. Does it extend to the operations of the mind 
as well as of material things? 1 Kings viii. 39. 

19. Do the creation, preservation and govern- 
ment of all things necessarily imply that God is 
(omniscient ? 

20. What effect should this doctrine have upon 
our minds? Eccl. xii. 13, 14. 

21. Do mankind generally live as if they be- 
lieved this doctrine? Ps. lxxiii. 11. 

22. Do you habitually I've under a realizing 
sense of the omnipresence an I omniscience of God 1 



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Within thy circling power I stand. 
On every side I find thy hand : 
Awake — asleep— at home — abroad, 
I am surrounded still with God. 

O may these thoughts possess my breast 
Where'er I rove — where'er I rest ; 
Nor let my weaker passions dare 
Consent to sin — for God is there. 



LESSON VII. 

OMNIPOTENCE AND WISDOM OF GOD. 

1. What is meant by the omnipotence of Gcd? 
Gkn. xvii. 1 ; Job xxvi. 14 ; Ps. Ixii. 11 ; lsa. xxvi. 
4; Dan. iv. 35 ; Matt. xix. 26 ; Rev. xix. 6. 

2. Is almighty power an essential perfection of 
the Divine nature ? 

3. Could God have created the universe without 
it? Ps. xxxiii. 9 ; cxlviii. 5 ; Jer. x. 12 ; Rom. i. 
20. 

4. If he were not omnipotent, could he preserve 
all things? Heb. i. 3. 

5. If he had not all power, could he govern his 
extensive empire? Ps. lxvi. 7. 

6. Does the power of God extend to all mind, 
as well as all matter J Prov. xvi. 1 ; xxi. 1 ; Rom 
ix. 21. 

7. What should be the effect of the doctrine of 



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God's omnipotence upon those tvho love and obey 
him? Isa. xxvi. 4; Matt, xxviii. 18 ; Jude 24. 

8. What should be the effect upon the minds of 
the wicked? Luke xii. 5; Rom. ix. 22. 

9. How is the power of God exhibited in the 
natural world ? 

10. What events, recorded in Scripture, mani- 
fest his omnipotence ? 

11. What events, mentioned in other histories, 
show him to be almighty ? 

12. How is his poWer manifested in the salva 
tion of sinners ? 

13. What is meant by the wisdom of God? 

14. How do the Scriptures represent his wis- 
dom? Job ix. 4 ; xxxvi. 5 ; Prov. xxi. 30 ; Isa 
xxviii. 29 ; Dan. ii. 20 ; Rom. xi. 33 ; xvi. 27 ; 1 
Cor. iii. 19; Col. ii. 3. 

15. How do his works show forth his extraordi 
nary wisdom ? Ps. civ. 24 ; cxxxvi. 5 ; Prov. iii 
19 ; Jer. x. 12. 

16. Does the plan of salvation by Jesus Christ 
exhibit his wisdom? 1 Cor. i. 24 ; Eph. iii. 10 ; 
1 Tim. i. 17 ; Jude 25. 

17. Is this attribute essential to the perfection 
of the Divine character ? 

18. What feelings should it awaken in ruman 
bosoms 1 

19. Have you a confidence in the power and 
visdom of God that promotes your happiness? 



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Through all his works his wisdc m shine* 
And baffles Satan's deep designs ; 
His power is sovereign to fulfil 
The noblest counsels of his will. 

And will this glorious Lord descend 
To be my Father and my Friend ? 
Then let my songs with angels join; 
Heaven is secure, if God be mine. 



LESSON VIII. 

INDEPENDENCE AND INCOMPREHENSIBLENESS OF 
GOD. 

1. What is meant by the independence of God ? 
Eph. iv. 6. 

2. Is he dependent upon any being or any thing 
for his existence] Ex. iii. 14 ; vi. 3. 

3. Is he dependent upon any being for his knowl- 
edge? Job xxi. 22 ; Isa. xl. 13, 14 ; Rom. xi. 34 ; 
1 Cor. ii. 16. 

4. Is he dependent upon any being for his 
powei ? Job xxxvi. 22, 23. 

5. (s he dependent upon any being for his moral 
excellences, or his happiness] Acts xvii. 25. 

6. Is he dependent upon any being or any thing, 
out of himself, for the reasons of his conduct ? 
Dan iv. 35; Luke xii. 32; Rom. ix. 15 — 18; 
fcpfi. l. 5, 11 ; Heb. ii. 4 ; James i. 18 ; Rev iv. 1 . 



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.7 If he were, in any sense, dependent upon any 
being or any thing, would he be God] 

8 Are all beings and things dependent upon 
God for their existence and preservation? Gen. i. 
1 ; Job xii. 10 ; xxxiii. 4 ; Ps. xxxiii. 6 ; Dan. i. 
23 ; John i. 1 — 3 ; Acts xvii. 28 ; Rom. xi. 30 
Heb. i. 10. 

9. If God is independent, can he be laid under 
obligation to any of his creatures? Job xxii. 2, 3 ; 
xxxv. 6, 7 ; Rom. ix, 20, 21 ; xi. 35. 

10. If God is perfectly independent, can any 
other being or thing in the universe be indepen 
dent? Rom. xi. 36. 

11. What effect should the doctrine of God's 
independence have upon the minds of his crea- 
tures ? 

12. What is meant by the incomprehensibleness 
of God? Job xi. 7 — 9 ; xxxvi. 26 ; xxxvii. 23 ; Ps. 
txxvii. 19 ; cxlv. 3 ; Isa. xl. 28 ; Rom. xi. 33, 34. 

13. Why cannot God be comprehended by any 
of his creatures ? 

14. Can any one of his perfections be compre- 
hended by the greatest intellect in heaven or earth ? 

15. Is it probable that any created being will 
ever be able fully to comprehend his self-existence, 
his eternity, his omnipresence, his omniscience, his 
omnipotence, his wisdom his holiness, his good- 
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16. Is God fuRy comprehended >y Christ and 
by the Holy Spirit? John x. 15 ; 1 Cor. ii. 10, 
11, 

17. What effect should the doctrine of God's 
incomprehensibleness have upon the minds of men f 
Ps. viii. 1,4; Eccl. v. 2. 

18. Is it probable that we shall know more of 
God in eternity than we do in this world ? 

19. What advantages shall we there possess for 
increased acquaintance with him? 

20. Will this increase of knowledge contribute 
to the happiness of the saved"? 

21. Will it aggravate the misery of the lost? 

22. Do you realize your dependence upon an 
independent God? 

23. Is it to you a source of delight that you ex- 
pect to know more of God in eternity, and that he 
will forever be incomprehensible ? 

Great God, in vain man's narrow view 
Attempts to look thy nature through ; 
Our laboring powers with reverence own 
Thy glories never can be known. 

% Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show 

All that we mortals need to know ; 
While wisdom, goodness, power divine, 
Through all thy works and conduct shine. 



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LESSON IX. 

JUSTICE; TRUTH AND HOLINESS OF GOD. 

1 . What is meant by the justice of God ? 

2. Is this attribute essential to the perfectioh of 
fiis character? 

3. Do the Scriptures teach that God is perfectly 
just ? Deut. xxxii. 4 ; Neh. ix. 33 ; Job viii. 3 ; 
xxxi\. 12 ; xxxvii. 23 ; Ps. lxxxix. 14 ; cxix. 137 ; 
Isa. xlv. 21 ; Rev. xv. 3 ; xvi. 5. 

4. Is God just in all that he requires ? Deut. v. 
7—21 ; x. 12 ; Mic. vi. 8. 

5. Is he just in all that he forbids? Ex.xx.3 — 17. 

6. Is he just in the distribution of his rewards ? 
Matt. xvi. 27 ; xxv. 34—40 ; 2 Tim. iv. 8 ; Heb. 
xi. 6. 

7. Is he just in the infliction of punishments? 
Matt. xxv. 41—45 ; 2 Thess. i. G. 

8. Is he just in saving sinners who deserve to 
perish? Isa. xlv. 21; Zech. ix. 9; Rom. iii. 24 
—26 ; 1 John i. 9. 

9. Do the dealings of God with his c:eatures in 
this world always appear to be just? Ps. lxxiii, 
3—12; Eccl. viii. 11, 14. 

10. Is this apparent inequality in the dispensa- 
tions of his providence a valid argun. ?nt against his 
justice ? 

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11. How did Asaph get his mind relieved of thfe 
difficulty? Ps. lxxiii. 16—30. 

12. When will God make it plain to all beings 
that he is strictly just ] Eccl. xii. 14; Acts xvii 
31 ; Rom. ii. 4—11 ; 2 Thess. i. 6—10 ; Rev. xx. 
11—15. 

13. What effect should the doctrine of God r s 
perfect justice have upon men's minds 1 

14. What is meant by the Truth of God ? Num. 
xxiii. 19 ; Deut. xxxii. 4 ; Ps. lxxxvi. 15 ; Ixxxix. 
34 ; cxlvi. 6 ; John hi. 33 ; Rom. iii. 4 ; 2 Tim. ii 
13; Tit. i. 2; Heb. vi. 18. 

15. May we place entire confidence in every- 
thing that God says with respect to the past, the 
present, and the future? Num. xxiii. 19; 2 
Chron. xx. 20; Mark xi. 22; Luke i. 45; Acts 
xxvii. 25-; 2 Tim. i. 12 

16. Will he fulfil his promises? Gen. xv. 18; 
Ps. Ixxxix. 34 ; Heb. x. 23. 

17. Will he execute his threatenings ? Gen. vi 
7 ; vii. 21—23 ; xix. 13, 24 ; Num. xxvi. 64, 65 ; 
Prov. xi. 21 ; xix. 5 ; Jer. xlix. 12. 

18. Will he accomplish his predictions ? Matt. 
v. 18 ; Luke xvi. 17 ; xxiv. 44. 

19. What effect should this doctrine of God's 
truth or faithfulness have upon the minds of belie v- 
ers? 

20. What effect should it have upon the minds 
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21. What is meant by the Holmes of God * 

22. Do the Scriptures represent him as abso- 
lutely holy? Ex. xv. 11; Lev. xi. 44; xix. 2, 
Job xxxvi. 3 ; Ps. xxii. 3 ; Isa. vi. 3 ; Heb. xii. 29. 

23. What is the effect upon the mind of a right 
apprehension of God's purity] Job xlii. 5, 6 ; Isa. 
vi. 5. 

24 Do you love God as just, true and holy 1 

JEHOVAH reigns — his throne is high, 
His robes are light and majesty ; 
His glory shines with beams so bright, 
No mortal can sustain the sight. 

His terrors keep the world in awe ; 
His justice guards his holy law ; 
His love reveals a smiling face, 
His truth and promise seal the giace. 



LESSON X. 

GOODNESS AND MERCY OF GOD. 

1 What is meant by the goodness of God * 

2. How has God shown his goodness in th© 
works of creation] Gen. i. 31 ; 1 Tim. iv. 4. 

3. How does he mani est it in the ways of his 
providence'? Ps. xxi. 3 ; xxxi. 19 ; xxxiii. 5 ; Ixi. 
0—13; Acts xiv. 17. 

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nentlv good? Ex. xxxiv. 6,7; Ps Ixxxvi. 15, 
c. 5 ; Matt. vii. 11 ; James i. 17. 

5. Is any being but God perfectly good ? Matt, 
xix. 17. 

6. Is he good in every respect? Ps. cxix. 68. 

7. Is he good to all his creatures? Ps. cxlv. 9 , 
Matt. v. 45. 

8. Is he infinitely good? Rom. xi. 33. 

9. Is he unchangeably good? Ps. lii. 1 ; ciii. 17. 

10. What should be our feelings and conduct in 
view of his goodness? Ps. cvii. 1, 8; cxlv. 7\ 
Rom. ii. 4. 

1 1 . What is meant by the mercy of God ? 

12. Do the Scriptures represent him as being 
merciful? Ex. xxxiv. 6, 7; Num. xiv. 18; Neh. 
ix. 17 ; Ps. lxii. 12 ; Ixxxvi. 15 ; ciii. 8, 17 ; cxvi. 
5 ; cxxxviii. 8 ; Lam. iii. 22 ; Mic. vii. 18 ; 2 Cor. 
i. 3 ; Eph. ii. 4, 5 ; James v. 11. 

13. What is the most remarkable exhibition of 
the Divine mercy? John iii. 16, 17; 1 John iii. 
1, 16; iv. 9, 10. 

14. Are sinners saved entirely by a mercifu. 
arrangement? Rom. ix. 16 ; Eph. ii. 8, 9 ; Tit. iii. 5. 

15. Is the mercy of God everlasting and invaria- 
ble? Ps. ciii. 17; cxviii. 1 ; Jer. xxxi. 3; Rom 
viii. 28-— 30 ; 2 Tim. i. 9. 

16. Is it plenteous and abundant Ps. Ixxxvi, 
5 ; ciii. 8 ; cxxx 7 ; 1 Tim. i. 14 ; 1 Pet. i. 3. 



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17. With what feelings should we contemplate 
the mercy of God? Ps. c. 1 ; 2 Cor. ix. 15; 
Col. ih. 15 ; Rev. vii. 12. 

18. Are you grateful for the goodness and ttie 
mercy of God ? 

O bless the Lord, my soul ! 

His grace to thee proclaim : 
And all that is within me join 

To bless his holy name. 

O bless the Lord, my soul ; 

His mercies bear in mind ; 
Forget not all his benefits : 

The Lord to thee is kind. 



LESSON XI. 

HUMANITY AND DIVINITY OF CHRIST. 

1. What is meant by the humanity of Christ? 

2. What is the purport of the name " Son oi 
Man," by which he is so frequently called ? 

3. Was Christ a man in all the attributes essen- 
tial to humanity? John i. 14 ; Rom. viii. 3 : Gal. 
iv. 14 ; Phil. ii. 7, 8. 

4. What facts are stated respecting him that 
prove him to have been human? Matt. iii. 13 — 16; 
iv. 1,2 ; viii. 24 ; ix. 11 ; xxvi. 38, 39, 50 ; xxvii. 
50 ; Luke ii. 16, 40, 52 : xxiv 3S 



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5. What importance is attached to Christ's 
humanity? Heb ii. 14 — 17; iv. 15; viii. 3; ix- 
12.22; x. 5—10. 

6. What is meant by the divinity of Christ ? * 

7. Do the Scriptures represent Christ as God ? 
Matt. i. 23 ; John i. 1 ; xx. 28 ; Acts x. 36 ; Rom. 
ix. 5 ; 1 Cor. ii. 8 ; 1 Tim. iii. 16 ; Tit. ii. 13 ; 2 
Pet. i. 1 ; 1 John v. 20 ; Jude 4. 

8. Do the Scriptures ascribe to Jesus Christ the 
attributes or perfections of Jehovah ? 

His Eternity. — Isa. ix. 6 ; Mic. v. 2 ; John i. 

1,2; iii. 13 ; vi. 62 ; viii. 58 ; xvii. 5 ; 2 Cor. 

viii. 9 ; Phil. ii. 6, 7 ; Col. i. 15—17 ; Heb. i. 

8—12 ; 1 John i. 2 ; Rev. i. 8, 11 ; ii. 8 ; xxii. 

13. 

His Immutability. — Heb. i. 12 viii. 8. 

His Omnipresence. — Matt, xviii. 20 ■ xxviii. 

20 ; Mark xvi. 20 ; John iii. 13 ; Epu i. 23 ; 

iv. 10. 
His Omniscience. — Matt. xi. 27 ; John i. 18 , 

ii. 24, 25 ; x. 15 ; xvi. 30 ; xxi. 17. Compare 

1 Kings viii. 39, and Luke ix. 47 ; Jer. xvii. 

10, and 1 Cor. iv. 5 ; Heb. iv. 13 ; Rev. ii. 23 
His Omnipotence. — Isa. ix. 6 ; Matt, xxviii 

18 ; John v. 19 ; Rom. i. 4 ; Rev. i. 8. 

♦See the admnabie treatise on the Divinity of Christ, 
by Dr. Wynpersse, sold at the Depository, 118 Arch St.. 
Philadelphia. 



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9. Is creation a work of God ? Gen. i. 1 ; Jonxt 
L 3, 10; Col. i. 16; Heb. i. 2, 10; Rev. iv. 11. 

10. Is preservation a work of God? Ps. lxxv, 
U ; Col. i. 17 ; Heb. i. 3. 

11. Is the government of the world a work of 
God? Rom. xiv. 9 ; Eph. i. 20—22 ; Heb. i. 8 ; 
Rev. i. 5 ; xix. 6, 16. 

12. Is the salvation of sinners a work of God 1 
Matt. i. 21 ; John iv. 42 ; x. 28 ; Col. i. 13 ; Heb. 
v. 9. 

13. Is the forgiveness of sin a work of God 1 
Mic. vii. 18 ; Mark ii. 5—12. 

14. Is the raising of the dead a work of God ? 
John v. 25—29 ; Acts xxvi. 8 ; 2 Cor. i. 9. 

15. Is the judging of the world a work of God ? 
Ps. 1. 6; lxxv. 7; Matt. xxv. 31 — 46; John v. 
21—23; 1 Thess. iv. 15—17; 2 Tim. iv. 1, 8; 
Heb. xii. 23 ; Rev. xx. 11—15. 

16. What honor are we required to render to 
Christ? Matt. xii. 21 ; John v. 23 ; xiv. 1. 

17. Do the Scriptures authorize us to worship 
any being but God 1 Ex. xx. 3; Matt. :v. 10; 
Rev. xxii. 9. 

18. Is not Christ worshipped in heaven? Rev. 
v. 8—14. 

19. Are not all creatures required to worship 
him? Phil. ii. 9—11 ; Heb. i. 6. 

20. Are not " grace, mercy and peace/' in> 



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plored of Chifst the same as of the Father? Horn. 
xvi. 24 ; 1 Cor. xvi. 23 ; 2 Cor. xiii. 14 ; Gal. vi 
18 ; Eph. vi. 23, 24 ; Phil. iv. 23 ; 1 Thess. v. 28 ; 
2 Thess. iii. 18 ; 2 Tim. iv. 22 ; Philemon 25. 

21. Would a wise man, in the hour of death, 
commit his soul to any being inferior to God 1 
Acts vii. 59. 

22. Was the union of Divinity and Humanity in 
Christ necessary to render him a perfect Saviour ? 
John i. 14 ; Heb. v. 9. 

23. If he had been only Divine, could he have 
made atonement for sin bv the sacrifice of himself? 
Gal. iv. 4, 5; Heb. ii. 14; v. 9. vii. 3; ix. 
12—28. 

24. If he had been only human, would hia 
atonement have possessed the requisite value ? 
Acts xx. 28 ; Rom. iii. 24—26 ; Heb. vii. 25—28 ; 
ix. 14. 

25. Is it possible to explain how these two 
natures were united in him? 1 Tim. iii. 16. 

26. Are we at liberty to reject the doctrine of 
such a union simply because it is mysterious ? 

27. What feelings should be awakened in our 
hearts by the gracious assurance that we have a 
Saviour who, by virtue of his humanity, can sym- 
pathize with us, and, by virtue of his divinity, is 
almighty to redeem, protect, preserve, and finally 
save us? Heb. iv. 15, 16 ; vii. 24, 25. 

28. Is Jesus Christ your Saviour? 



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Th' almighty Fonder of the skies 

Stoops to our vile abode ; 
While angels view with wondering eyes^ 

And hail th' incarnate God. 

How rich the depths of love divine ! 

Of bliss, a boundless store ! 
Dear Saviour, let me call thee mine — 

I cannot wish for more I 



LESSON XII. 

NAMES AND OFFICES OF CHRIST. 

1. What is the import of the following terms, 
when applied to Christ, as descriptive of his char- 
acter, and expressive of the relations which he sus- 
tains? 

Adam. 1 Cor. xv. 45. 

Advocate. 1 John ii. 1. 

Almighty. Rev. i. 8. 

Alpha and Omega. Rev. i. 11. 

Amen. Rev. iii. 14. 

Angel. Isa. lxiii. 9. 

Ancient of Days. Dan. vii. 22. 

Anointed. Ps. lxxxiv 9. 

Apostle. Heb. iii. 1. 

Author of Faith. Heb. xii. 2. 

Beginning of the Creation of God Rev. iii. 14, 

Beloved. Eph. i. 6. 
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Bishop of Souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. 

Branch of Righteousness. Jer. xxxiu. 15. 

Bread of Life. John vi. 48, 51. 

Brightness of the Father's Glory. Heb. i. 3. 

Captain. Josh. v. 14 ; Heb. ii. 10. 

Christ. Matt. i. 16 ; ii. 4. 

Consolation of Israel. Luke ii. 25. 

Corner Stone. Eph. ii. 20 ; 1 Pet. ii. 7. 

Covenant. Isa. xlii. 6. 

Counsellor. Isa. ix. 6. 

Covert. Isa. xxxii. 2. 

David. Jer. xxx. 9 ; Hos. iii. 5. 

Day's-Man. Job ix. 33. 

Day-Star. 2 Pet. i. 19. 

Deliverer. Rom. xi. 26. 

Desire of all Nations. Hag. ii. 7. 

Door. John x. 7. 

Elect. Isa. xlii. 1. 

Ensign. Isa. xi. 10. 

Eternal Life. 1 John v. 20. 

Everlasting Father. Isa. ix. 6. 

Express Image. Heb. i. 3. 

Finisher of Faith. Heb. xii. 9. 

First Begotten. Rev. i. 5. 

First Born. Col. i. 15, 18. 

First Fruits. 1 Cor. xv. 23. 

First and Last. Rev. ii. 8. 

Foundation. Isa xxviii. 16. 

Fountain Opened. Zech. xiii. t. 

Forerunner. Heb. vi. 20. 



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Gift of God. 2 Cor. ix. 15. 

God. John i. 1 ; Rom. ix. 5 ; 1 Tan. iii 16 { 

1 John v. 20. 
Governor. Matt. ii. 6. 
Head. Eph. iv. 15 ; CoL ii. 19. 
Head of the Church. Col. i. 18. 
Head of the Corner. Matt. xxi. 42 ; A cts iv 

11; 1 Pet. ii. 7. 
Head of all Principality and Power. Col ii. 10 
Head over all Things. Eph. i. 22. 
Heir of all Things. Heb. i. 2. 
Hiding Place. Isa. xxxii. 2. 
High Priest. Heb. iii. 1 ; vii. 1. 
Holy Child. Acts iv. 30. 
Holy One of God. Mark L 24. 
Hope. 1 Tim. i. 1. 
Jesus. Matt. i. 21 ; 1 Thess. i. 10. 
Image of God. Col. i. 15 ; Heb. i, 3. 
Immanuel. Isa. vii. 14 ; Matt. i. 23. 

Dearest of all the names above, 

My Saviour, and my God, 
Who can resist thy heavenTy love 

Or trifle with thy blood ? 

*T is by the merits of thy death, 

The Father smiles again ; 
Tis by thine interceding breath. 

The Spirit dwells with men* 



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LESSON XIII. 

SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. 

Judge. Acts x. 42. 

King. Matt. xxi. 5 ; xxv. 34. 

King of Kings. 1 Tim. vi. 15 ; Rev. jtvii. 14 

Lamb. John i. 29 ; Rev. v. 6. 

Lawgiver. Isa. xxxiii. 22 ; James iv. 12. 

Leader and Commander. Isa. Iv. 4. 

Light. John i. 9 ; viii. 12 ; xii. 46. 

Life. John i. 4 ; xi. 25 ; xiv. 6. 

Lion of the tribe of Judah. Rev. v. 5. 

Living God. 1 Tim. iii. 15. 

Lord. Rom. i. 3 ; Rev. xvii. 14 

Lord of Lords. 1 Tim. vi. 15 ; Rev. xvii. 14 

Man. Acts xvii. 31 ; 1 Tim. ii. 5. 

Master. Matt. viii. 19 ; xxiii. 8. 

Mediator. 1 Tim. ii. 5 ; Heb. ix. 15. 

Messenger. Mai. iii. 1. 

Messiah. Dan. ix. 25 ; John i. 41. 

Mighty God. Isa. ix. 6. 

Minister. Heb. viii. 2. 

Morning Star. Rev. xxii. 16. 

Offspring of David. Rev. xxii. 16. 

Only Begotten. John i. 14. 

Passover. 1 Cor. v. 7. 

Potentate. 1 Tim. vi. 15. 

Prince. Acts iii. 15; v. 31 ; Rev. I. v. 

Prophet Luke xxiv. 19 ; Acts iii. 22. 



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Propitiation. 1 John ii. 2 ; iv. 10. 
Power of God. 1 Cor. i. 24. 
Purifier. Mai. iii. 3. 
Polished Shaft, Isa xlix. 2. 
Priest. Heb. vii. 17. 
Quickening Spirit. 1 Cor. xv. 45. 
Ransom. 1 Tim. ii. 6. 
Redeemer. laa. lix. 20 ; Ix. 16. 
Redemption. 1 Cor. i. 30. 
Resurrection. John xi. 25. 
Refiner. Mai. iii. 3. 
Refuge.' Isa. xxv. 4. 
Righteousness. Jer. xxiii. 6 ; 1 Cor. i 30 
Rock. Deut. xxxii. 15 ; 1 Cor. x. 4. 
Root of David. Rev. xxii. 16. 
Rose of Sharon. Sol. Song ii. 1. 
Ruler in Israel. Mic. v. 2. 
Salvation. Luke ii. 30. 
Sanctification. 1 Cor. i. 30. 
Sanctuary. Isa. viii. 14. 
Saviour. Isa. Ix. 16 ; Luke ii. II. 
Seed of Abraham. Gal. iii. 16. 
Seed of David. 2 Tim. ii. 8. 
Servant. Isa. xlii. 1. 
Shadow. Isa. xxv. 4. 
Shepherd. John x. 11 ; Heb. xiii. 20. 
Shield. Ps. xviii. 35 ; lxxxiv. 9. 
Shiloh. Gen. xlix. 10. 
Son of God. Matt. iv. 3 ; viii. 29 ; Luke viii. 28 
Son of Man Matt. viii. 20. 
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Strength. Isa. xxv. 4. 

Sun of Righteousness. Mai. ir. 8. 

Surety. Heb ■£. 22. 

Tabernacle Heb viii. 2. 

TeachCx-. John iii. 2. 

Testator. Heb. ix. 16, 17. 

Tree of Life. Rev. ii. 7. 

Truth. John xiv. 6. 

Vine. John xv. 1. 

Way. Isa. xxxv. 8 ; John xiv. 6. 

Wisdom of God. 1 Cor. i. 24, 30. 

Witness. Isa. lv. 4 ; Rev. i. 5 ; iii. 14. 

Wonderful. Isa. ix. 6. 

Word. John i. 1 ; Rev. xix. 13. 

Jesus j I love thy charming name ; 

J T is music to my ear ; 
Fain would I sound it out so loud, 

That earth and heaven might hear. 

All my capacious powers can wish, 

In thee doth richly meet ; 
Nor to mine eyes is light so dear, 

Nor friendship half so sweet. 



LESSON XIV. 

N4TTJUE AND OFFICES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

1. What is meant by the Personality of the 
Holy Spirit? 



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2. Are the personal powers of understanding 
and will ascribed to him? 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11 ; xii. 
11. 

3. Is he represented as performing personal 
acts? Matt iv. 1; John xiv. 26; Acts v. 32; 
xv. 28 ; xvi. 7 ; xx. 23 ; Rom. viii. 11, 14, 16, 26 ; 
1 Cor. vi. 19. 

4. Is the Holy Spirit called God ? Acts v. 3, 
1 ; 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17. 

5. Is he called Lord? 2 Cor. iii. 17, 18. Com- 
pare Isa. vi. 9, and Acts xxviii. 25 ; Ex. xvii. 7, 
and Heb. iii. 7 — 10 ; Jer. xxxi. 31 — 34, and Heb. 
x. 15—17. 

6. Is he represented a.s performing the works of 
God? Gen. i. 2; Job xxvi. 13; xxxiii. 4; Ps. 
civ. 30 ; 1 Cor. ii. 10 ; 2 Pet. i. 21. 

7. Are the attributes of God ascribed to the 
Holy Spirit? 

Eternity. Heb. ix. 14. 
Omnipresence. Ps. cxxxix. 7 ; Eph. ii. 18. 
Omniscience. Isa. xl. 13, 14 ; 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11. 
Power. Rom. viii. 11 ; xv. 13, 19. 
Goodness. Ps. cxliii. 10. 

8. Is he joined in worship with the Father ana 
Ue Son ? Matt, xxviii. 19 ; 2 Cor. xiii. 14. 

9. In what emblematic forms did the Holy 
Spirit ever appear? Matt, iii 16 ; Acts ii. 3. 

10. When the Holy Spirit was imparted to the 
apostles and other Christians, were there any extra- 



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ordinary effects ? Acts ii. 4 ; x. 46 ; xix. 6 ; 3 

*2or. xii. 8, 9, 10. 

11. Are these extraordinary gifts of the Spirit 
now bestowed upon Christians ? 

12. Is the Holy Spirit, in his ordinary opera- 
tions, continued in the Church of Christ? Matt 
xxviii. 20 ; John xiv. 16 ; Eph. i. 13, 14. 

13. What agency has the Holy Spirit in the 
salvation of men ? 

Conviction of sin. John xvi. 8, 9. 
Regeneration. John iii. 5, 6 ; vi. 63 ; Tit. 

iii. 5. 
Sanctification. 1 Cor. vi. 11 ; 2 Thess. ii. 13 ; 

1 Pet. i. 2, 22. 
*:cess to God. Eph. ii. 18. 
Instruction. John xiv. 16, 17, 26 ; xvi. 13, 

14, 15. 
Direction. Rom. viii. 5, 9, 14 ; Gal. v. 16, 

18, 25. 
Assistance in duty. Rom. viii. 26. 
Staling. 2 Cor. i. 22 ; Eph. i. 13 ; iv. 30. 

14. Are we dependent upon the Holy Spirit foi 
the saving influence? Zech. iv. 6 ; John vi. 63 
Rom. viii. 9. 

15. How should we treat the Holy Spirit ? Rom 
viii. 4, 5. 

16. May the Holy Spirit be ill-treated ? Isa. 
lxiii. 10 ; Matt. xii. 31 ; Acts v. 3 ; vii. 51 ; Eph 
iv. 30 ; 1 Thess. v. 19 ; Heb. x. 29. 



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17. How does God regard the ill-treatment of 
the Holy Spirit? Gen. vi. 3 ; Isa. lxiii. 10 ; Matt, 
xii. 31,32. 

18. What should be the prayer of every individ- 
ual? Fs. li. 11, 12. 

19. What is our duty with respect to the Holy 
Spirit? Rom. viii. 15; 1 Cor. xiv. 15; Gal. v. 5, 
16, 18, 25 ; Eph. iv. 3, 30 ; v. 18 ; vi. 18 ; Phil 
iii. 3 ; 1 Thess. v. 19 ; Jude 20. 

20. What are some of the peculiar characteris- 
tics of the Spirit and his operations? John vi. 63 ; 
xiv. 17, 26 ; Acts ix. 31 ; Rom. i. 4 ; v. 5 ; viii. 2 ; 
1 Cor. ii. 4 ; vi. 11 ; 2 Cor. iii. 8 ; iv. 13 ; Gal. iv 
6 ; Eph. i. 13 ; 1 Pet. iv. 14 ; 1 John v. 6. 

21. What are some of the predictions and prom- 
ises with respect to the outpouring of the Spirit? 
Prov. i. 23; Isa. xxxii. 15, 16, 17; xliv. 3, 4; 
Ezek. xxxvi. 25; Joel ii. 28, 29; Zech. xii. 10; 
John xiv. 16, 17 ; xvi. 7 — 15. 

22. Have you been renewed by the Holy Spirit? 

23. Do you habitually welcome and cherish the 
influences of the Holy Spirit ? 

Come, Holy Spirit, come ; 

Let thy bright beams arise : 
Dispel the sorrow from our minds, 

The darkness from our eyes. 

Convince us all of sin, 

Then lead .to Jesus' blood ; 
And to our wondering view repeal 

The mercies of our God. 



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LESSON XV. 

ANGELS, GOOD AND EVIL. 

1. Is it rational to suppose that there must oe 
an older of created beings between God and man ? 

2. Is it the general belief of mankind that there 
is such cin order of intelligent beings ? 

3. Do the Scriptures teach us tlrat such an order 
of beings actually exists ? 

4. Into how many classes do the Scriptures di- 
vide them? Matt. xxv. 31, 41. 

5 With what nature did God create them, ma- 
terial or spiritual? Ps. civ. 4. 

6. Did they all retain their character as holy 
beings ? 2 Pet. ii. 4 ; Jude 6. 

7. What is the meaning of the word angel? 

8. What are we to understand by " elect an- 
gels?" 1 Tim. v. 21. 

9. What is their character? Matt, xxv 3) ; 
Mark viii. 38. 

10. What is their residence ? Rev. vii. 11 

11. Are they numerous ? Ps. lxviii. 17; Dan. 
vii. 10 ; Matt xxvi. 53 ; Luke ii. 13 ; Heb. xii 
22. 

12. By what names are they called ? Job xxxviii. 
7; Isa. vi. 2; Ezek x. 19; Dan. iv. 17; Col. i 
16 ; Heb. i. 6. 14. 



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13. What service did the angels render ;n the 
revelation of the Old Testament? Acts vii. 53; 
Gal. iii. 19; Heb. ii. 2. 

14. What service did they Tender the Saviour T 
Matt. iv. 11 ; xxviii. 2 ; Luke xxii. 43. 

15. What service do they render the children of 
God? Num. xx. 16 ; Ps. xxxiv. 7 ; xci. 11 ; Matt 
xviii. 10 ; xxiv. 31 ; Luke xvi. 22 ; Heb. i. 14. 

16. What is their service with reference to the 
wicked ? Gen. iii. 24 ; xix. 1 — 29 ; Num. xxii. 
22 ; 2 Kings xix. 35 ; Acts xii. 23 ; Rev. xv. 1, 6. 

17. Do the angels worship God? Isa. vi. 2, 3 ; 
Dan. vii. 10. 

18. Do they worship the Son of God? Hsb. i. 
6; Rev. v. 11, 12. 

19. Is it proper to worship angels? Judges xiii. 
16 ; Col. ii. 18; Rev. xix. 10; xxii. 9. 

20. What part will the angels take in the final 
judgment? Matt. xiii. 39 — 42, 49 ; xxiv. 31 ; xxv. 
31 ; 2 Thess. i. 7. 

21. What are the fallen, or apostate angels, 
usually called in Scripture ? James ii. 19 ; Rev. 
xviii. 2. 

22. By what names is the chief of the devils 
called? Job i. 12 ; Isa. xiv. 12 ; Matt. iv. 3 ; xii. 
24 ; John viii. 44 ; xii. 31 ; 2 Cor. iv. 4 ; vi. 15 ; 
Eph. ii. 2- vi. 12; 1 Pet. v. 8 Rev. xii. 7, 9, 
10 ; *x. 2, 10 



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23. What is the meaning of the word devil? 

24. Are the fallen angels few or many? Mark 
v. 9. 

25. Is any Saviour provided for them? Matt. 
xxv. 41 ; 2 Pet. ii. 4 ; Jude 6. 

26. Have they any agency in this world ? Gen. 
iii. 13 ; Matt. iv. 1 ; xiii. 39 ; Mark iv. 15 ; John 
viii. 44 ; xiii. 2, 27 ; Acts v. 3 ; 2 Cor. ii. 11 ; 1 
Thess. ii. 18 ; 2 Tim. ii. 26 ; 1 Pet. v. 8 ; Jude 9 ; 
Rev. ii. 10 ; xii. 12 ; xviii. 2. 

27. Can they he considered as believers in the 
Bible who deny the existence and agency of devils? 

28. How ought we to treat the apostate an- 
gels? Eph. iv. 27; vi. 11, 12, 16 ; James iv. 7 ; 
1 Pet. v. 8, 9. 

29. Whose children are you, according to the 
following passages? Matt. xiii. 38 ; John viii. 14 ; 
Acts xiii. 10 ; 1 John iii. 10. 

Beyond the glittering, starry sky, 
Which God's right hand sustains, 

There, in the boundless worlds of light, 
Our great Redeemer reigns. 

The host of angels, strong and fair, 

In countless armies shine ; 
A his right hand, with golden harps, 

They offer songs divine. 



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LESSON XVI. 

NirXJRE AND EXTENT OF THE DIVINE I AW. 

1 . What rule of obedience did God give to out 
first parents? Gen. ii. 16, 17. 

2. Has God given a moral law to all men? 
Rom. ii. 14, 15. 

3. To whom did he give his written law? Ex. 
xxxi. 18 ; xxxiv. 1. 

4. Does the law which he wrote on tables of 
stone differ in its principles from the law which he 
impressed upon the heart? 

5. Is the law of God the eternal and unchange- 
able rule of his government? Matt. -v. 17; Luke 
xvi. 17 ; Rom. iii. 31. 

6. What obedience to this law does God require * 
Gal. iii. 10 ; James ii. 10. 

7. What is the reward of obedience to God's 
law? Lev. xviii. 5; Rom. x. 5. 

8. What is the-penalty of disobedience? Ezek. 
xviii. 4 ; Rom. vi. 23 ; James i. 15. 

9. Under what circumstances was the moial la^r 
given to Israel? Ex. xix. 18, 19. 

10. What is the first commandment? Bx 
zx 3 

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What does it forbid? * Ps. xiv. 1 ; lxxxi. 11 

Rom. i. 20, 21,25. 
What does it require ? 2 Kings xix. 15 ; ) 

Chrun. xxviii. 9 ; Job xxii. 21 ; Ps. xlviii 

14 ; Matt. iv. 10. 

11. What is the second commandment? Ex 
xx. 4—6. 

What does it forbid? Deut. iv. 2, 15, 16; 

Col. ii. 9. 
What does it require? Deut. xii. 32 , xxxii. 

46. 
What reasons are annexed? Ex. xx. 5, 6; 

xxxiv. 14 ; Ps. xcv. 7 ; Isa. xxxiii. 22. 

12. What is the third commandment? Ex. 
xx. 7. 

What does it forbid? Lev. xviii. 21 ; Mai. ii. 

2 ; James v. 12. 
What does it require? Job xvi. 24 ; Ps. xxix. 

2; cxxxviii. 2 ; Prov. xiii. 13 ; Eccl. v. 1 ; 

Rev. iv. 8 ; xv. 3. 
What reason is annexed ? Ex. xx. 7 ; xxxiv. 

7 ; Deut. xxviii. 58, 59. 

13. What is the fourth commandment? Ex. 
xx. 8—11. 

* It will be readily understood that all the sins forbid- 
den, and all the duties required by the law of God, cannot 
here be specified. A few passages are referred to in each 
case, just to direct attention to the extent of a Law which 
forbids all sin, and requires all righteousness. 



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What does it forbid 1 Isa. lviii. 13, 14 ; Jer. 

xvii. 21 ; Ezek. xxiii. 38 ; Amos viii. 5. 
What does it require 1 Ex. xxxv. 2 ; Lev 

xix. 30 ; Deut. v. 12, 14. 
Which day of the week is the Christian Sab 

bath? Acts xx. 7; Rev. i. 10. 
How should the Sabbath \e Observed ? Lev. 

xxiii. 3 ; Isa. lxvi. 23 ; Matt. xii. 12 ; Acts 

xvii. 2. 
What reasons are annexed? Ex. xx. 7 

Gen. ii. 3 ; Ex. xxxi. 15, 17 ; Lev. xxiii. 3. 

14. Have you always obeyed these four com 
mandments, abstaining from every thing whicl 
they prohibit, and performing from the heart every 
thing which they require ? 

Lord, how secure my conscience was, 

And felt no inward dread ! 
I was alive without the law, 

And thought my sins were dead. 

My hopes of heaven were firm and bright ; 

But since the precept came 
With such convincing power and light, 

I find how vile I am. 



LESSON XVII. 

SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. 

1. What is the fifth commandment? Ei 
*i. 12. 



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What does it orbid? Ex. xxii. 28 ; Eeci. x 

20 ; Rom. xiii. 8 ; 1 Thess. v. 15 ; 1 Pet 

iii. 8. 
What does it require ? Lev. xix. 32 ; Rom, 

xii. 10, 16 ; xiii. 7 ; Eph. v. 21 ; vi. 1, 4 

5, 9 ; 1 Pet. ii. 17. 
What is thjfc reason annexed ? Ex. xx. 12 

Prov. xx. 20 ; Eph. vi. 2, 3. 

2. What is the sixth commandment? Ex 
xx. 13. 

What does it forbid? Gen. ix. 6 ; Lev. xxiv 
17 ; Job xiv. 14 ; Acts xvi. 28. 

What does it require? Gen. ix. 5, 6 ; Prov, 
xxiv. 11, 12. 

3. What is the seventh commandment? Ex 
xx. 14. 

What does it forbid? Matt. v. 28 ; Eph. iv 

29; v. 3. 
What does it require? 1 Cor. iii. 17 ; Eph 

v. 3, 11 ; 1 Thess. iv. 4 ; 1 Tim. v. 20 ; 2 

Tim. ii. 22 ; 1 Pet. iii. 2. 

4. What is the eighth commandment? Ex 
xx. 15. 

What does it forbid? Deut. xv. 8 ; xix. 14 
Prov. xx. 10; xxiii. 21 ; 1 Tim. v. 8. 

What does it require ? Prov. xxvii. 23 ; 
Rom. xii. 17 ; 2 Cor. viii. 21 ; Gal. vi 10 
Phil. ii. 4. 

5. What is the ninth commandment? Ex 
r* ifi 



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What does it forbid ? Ex. xxiii. 1 ; Job xxvii. 

G; Ps. xv. 3; Eph. iv. 25. 
What does it require? Prov. xiv. 5; Zech. 

viii. 16 ; Tit. iii. 2. 

6. What is the tenth commandment % Ex 
t\. 17. 

What does it forbid? Deut. v. 21 ; 1 Cor. x. 

10 ; Gal. v. 26 ; Col. iii. 5 ; James v. 9. 
What does it require? Luke xii. 15; Rom. 

xii. 15 ; 1 Cor. xiii. 14 ; 1 Tim. vi. 8 ; Heb 

xiii. 5. • 

7. What is the summary of these ten command- 
ments? Deut. x. 4; Matt. xxii. 37 — 40; Rom. 
xiii. 10. 

8. Which of the ten comprise our duty to God ? 

9. Which include our duty to man? 

10. What is the character of God's law? Ps. 
trxix. 96 ; Rom. vii. 12. 

11. Does any man perfectly keep the command- 
ments of God ? Gen. vi. 5 ; Job xv. 14 ; 1 Kings 
viii. 46 ; Eccl. vii. 20 ; Rom. iii. 19 ; vii. 19 ; viii. 
7 ; James iii. 2, 8 ; 1 John i. 8. 

1&. Ar° all transgressions of the law of God 
equally heinous? Deut. xxxii. 6; Ezra ix. 13, 
14 • Ps. lxxviii. 17, 32, 56 ; Isa. iii. 9 ; Matt. xi. 
22 — 21 ; Luke xii. 47, 48 ; Acts v. 4 ; Heb. vi, 
4—6 ; x. 29. 

13. What does every sin deserve at the hands 
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of God! Deut. xxviii. 15—68; Matt. xxv. 41 
Rom, vi. 21, 23 ; Gal. iii. 10. 

14. Does the Christian love the law of God . 
Ps. i. 2 ; xix. 8—10 ; cxix. 16, 24, 47, 48, 72, 02, 
97, 104, 127, 167, 174 ; Isa. li. 7 ; Rom. vii. 22 ; 
Heb. viii. 10. 

15. Do you love and endeavor to obey that law f 

My guilt appeared but small before 

Till I with terror saw 
How perfect, holy, just, and pure, 

Is thine eternal law. 

Then felt my soul the heavy load ; 

My sins revived again; 
I had provoked a dreadful God, 

And all my hopes were slain. 



LESSON XVIII. 

PROVIDENCE OF GOD, GENERAL AND PAR- 
TICULAR. 

1. What is meant by the providence of God? 

2. What evidence is there, apart from the Scrip- 
lures, that God exercises a providential care ovei 
all his works? 

3. What do the Scriptures teach us upon this 
subject? Ps. ciii. 19; cxxxv. 6; Rom. xi. 36. 

4. Is the providence of God particular as well as 
general? Gen. xlv. 7 ; 2 Chron. xvi. 9; Job v tf, 



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7, 17, 18 ; Ps. xxxvii. 23 ; cxlii. 5, , cxlv. 9, 16 ; 
cxlvii. 4,8; Prov. xxi. 1 ; Isa. xlv. 7 ; Jer. xxxi. 
35 ; Amos ix. 9 ; Matt. x. 29, 30 ; Luke xii. 24, 
27, 28. 

5. Does the superintending care of our Heavenly 
Father extend to the smallest creatures and events! 
Ps. 1. 10, 11; Luke xii. 6, 7. 

6. Is it derogatory to the character of the great 
God, to suppose that his providence is concerned in 
the minutest occurrences of life? 

7. How do you account for it that events which, 
at the time of their occurrence, seem very trivial, 
are often found afterwards to be of the greatest im- 
portance? 

8. What is the effect on the mind of a disbelief 
of God's universal providence? 

9. What effect has a cordial belief of his univer 
sal providence? Matt. vi. 30 ; Luke xii. 22—28. 

10. Has God a perfect right to exercise over his 
works this universal care and control ? 

1 1 . What would be the effect if he should with- 
draw that care and control ? 

12. What is our duty with respect to the provi- 
dential dealings of God? 2 Sam xv. 20; Job L 
21, 2S; Ps. xxxix. 9; xlvi. 10; cxlv. 17; Tsa. 
xyviii. 2b Rom. viii. 28. 

13. With what emotions should we contemplate 
the providence of God, as manifested in our per- 
sonal history ? Deut. viii. 2 ; Ps. Ixxvii 10 — 12 



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14 What events in your history evince the pe« 
culiar care of God for you and the family with 
which vou are connected ? 

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 

But trust him for his grace ; 
Behind a frowning providence 

He hides a smiling face. 

His purposes will ripen fast, 

Unfolding every hour ; 
The bud may have a bitter tai** 

But sweet will be the Horn. 



LESSON XIX. 

PURPOSES OF GOD, 

1. What is meant by the purposes of God 1 

2. In what respects do purposes and decrees 
agree, or differ? 

3. Is it rational to suppose that God, as the 
Creator, Preserver, Governor, and Disposer of all 

hirgs, would act without a purpose? 

4. Can we suppose that any thing in his plan of 
action was left doubtful or contingent 1 

5. If he had a general design in regard to the 
whole system of his works, must not his purposes 
have extended to all the parts included in the 
whole * 



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6. Can we suppose that any thing occurs m 
which the purposes of God are in no sense con- 
cerned ? 

7. What are some of the statements of Scripture 
with respect to the Divine purposes? Job xiv. 5, 
Ps. xxxiii. 11 ; Acts iv. 27, 28 ; xvii. 26. 

8. Are the purposes of God eternal? Job xxiii. 
13, 14; Isa. xlvi. 10; Matt. xxv. 34; Eph. iii. 
11. 

9. Are his purposes sovereign? Ps. cxv. 3; 
Isa. xl. 14 ; Dan. iv. 35 ; Matt. xi. 26 ; Rem. ix. 
15, 18 ; Eph. i. 4, 5, 9, 11. 

10. Are his purposes sure? Ps. xxxiii. 11; 
Prov. xix. 21 ; Isa. xiv. 24 — 27 ; xlvi. 10; Rom. 
viii. 28—30 ; ix. 11—16 ; Eph. i. 11. 

11. Do all things occur in accordance with God's 
purpose and plan? Acts ii. 23 ; iv. 27; 28 ; xiii. 
48 ; 2 Tim. i. 9 ; 1 Pet. ii. 8. 

12. Do the purposes of God destroy or interrupt 
the freedom of man's moral agency? Isa. lxvi. 3 ; 
Luke xxii. 22; Acts ii. 23; Rom. ix. 17, 18, 21, 
22, 23 ; Jude 4. 

13. Does the doctrine of the Divine purposes 
discourage the use of means? Acts xxvii. 23, 24, 
31 ; 2 Pet. i. 10. 

14 Are the Divine purposes the rule of our con- 
duct? Deut. xxix. 29. 

15. Is it important that the Scripture doctrine 
of the Divine purposes should be taught and be- 



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lieved? Tsa. xxx. 9, 10 ; Jer. xxiii. 28 ; xxvi. 2 , 
2 Tim. iv. 3. 

16. What effect should this doctrine have upo» 
our minds 1 

Admiration. Deut. xxxii. 4. 
Reverence. Jer. x. 7. 
Humility. Rom. xi. 33. 
Submission. Dan. iv. 35. 
Desire for heaven. John xiii. 7 ; 1 Cor. xiii 
9, 10, 12. 

17. Are you reconciled to the eternal, sovereign, 
sure purposes of God ? Matt. xi. 25, 26 ; xx. 15 \ 
Rom. ix. 14. 

Keep silence, all created things, 

And wait your Maker's nod ; 
My soul stands trembling while she sings 

The honors of her God. 

Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, 

Hang on his firm decree ; 
He sits on no precarious throne, 

Nor borrows leave to be. 



LESSON XX. 

CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF MAN. 

1. What is the origin of the soul of man 
Gen. ii. 7 ; Job xxxii. 8. 

2. Is it mortal, like the body, or immortau 



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Eccl. xii. 7 ; Matt. x. 28 ; xvii. 3 ; xxii. 32 ; Luke 
xx. 36 ; 2 Cor. v. 1 ; 1 Thess. iv. 13 — 17 ; 2 Tim. 
i. 10. 

3. In what state did God create our first parents ' 
Gen. i. 27 ; Ps. viii. 5 ; Eccl. vii. 29. 

4. What method did God adopt to test their obe- 
dience? Gen. ii. 15 — 17. 

5. In what relation did Adam stand to his pos- 
terity? Rom. v. 12—19. 

6. In what way did our first parents apostatize 
from God? Gen. iii. 6. 

7. Did they involve their posterity in the conse- 
quences of their transgression? Rom. v. 12 — 19. 

8. Is it right, therefore, to cast the blame of our 
oxen sins upon them ? Deut. xxiv. 16 ; Ezek. 
xviii. 2 — 4, 20 ; Hos. xiii. 9 ; Matt. xv. 19 ; Rom. 
iii. 23 ; v. 12 ; James i. 14, 15. 

9. Were they the cause, or the occasion, of tho 
sinfulness of their posterity ? 

10. What does the Bible teach with respect to 
our natural depravity? Gen. viii. 21 ; Job xiv. 4 ; 
xv. 14 ; Ps. Ii. 5 ; lviii. 3 ; Prov. xxii. 15 ; John 
iii. 6 ; Rom. iii. 10—18 ; Eph. ii. 2, 3 ; iv. 18. 

11. Is this depravity universal ? Eccl. vii. 20 , 
Rom. iii. 10, 11, 12, 23; v. 12. 

12. Does the depravity of man destroy his mora] 
agency and accountability ? Matt. xxii. 3 ; xxiii 
37 ; John iii. lb, 19 : v. 40 



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13. Does the wic?;edness cf man, however great, 
diminish his obligation to love aud obey God ? 

14. Do the Scriptures represent mankind as 
totally, or only partially depraved? Gen. vi. 5; 
xiii. 13 ; Ps. xiv. 1—4 ; Rom. i. 28—32 ; iii. 10— 
10 ; viii. 7, 8. 

15. Does the expression, total depravity, neces-* 
sarily imply that all men are as bad as they can 
be? 

16. Does it imply that all are equally wicked? 

17. What, then, is meant by the expression? 
John v. 42 ; Eph. ii. 1—3, 5. 

18. What are the consequences of man's de- 
pravity? Gen. ii. 17 ; iii. 8, 16, 17, 19, 24 ; Isa. 
xxxii. 14 ; Matt. xxv. 41 ; Rom. vi. 23 ; Gal. iii. 
10 ; Eph. ii. 2, 3 ; 2 Thess. i. 9 ; 2 Tim. ii. 26. 

19. What are some of the punishments of sin in 
this world ? Gen. iii. 17 ; iv. 13, 14 ; Acts v. 1— 
10; xii. 20— 23; Rom. i. 26, 28 ; ii. 5; vi. 21; 
Eph. iv. 18; 2 Thess. ii. 11. 

20. Is man already in a state of condemnation ? 
John iii. 18 ; Rom. v. 16. 

21. What should be our feelings in view of our 
character in the sight of God ? 

22. What should be our feelings and conduct in 
view of our condition as sinners ? 

23. What are your character, condition and 
prospects * 



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Great King of glory and of grace 
We own, with humble shame, 

How vile is our degenerate race, 
And our first father's name. 

We live estranged, afar from God, 
And love the distance well ; 

With haste we run the dangerous road 
That leads to death and hell. 



LESSON XXI. 

ELECTION OF GRACE— SOVEREIGN, ETERNAu, 
PERSONAL. 

1 . What is meant by election of grace ? 

2. In what did this election originate ? ler. 
xxxi. 3 ; 1 John iv. 8, 10. 

3. Is it sovereign? Rom. ix. 15, 16; xi. 5, 7; 
Eph. i. 5, 9, 11; 1 Pet. i. 2. 

4. Is it eternal? Eph. i. 4 ; ii. 10 ; iii. 11 ; 2 
Tim. i. 9. 

5. Is it personal? Jer. xxxi. 3 ; John xv. LB, 
19 ; xvii. 2, 6, 9 ; Acts xiii. 48 ; 1 Thess. v. 9 ; 2 
Tim ii. 19. 

6 Is this election founded on any thing merito- 
rious in those who are chosen? Rom. ix. 11 — 16 ; 
Eph. i. 4, 5 ; 2 Thess. ii. 13 ; 2 Tim. i. 9 ; 1 Pet 
i. 2 

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7 Does God reveal to us who are elected, 01 
fhosen unto eternal life Job xxxiii. 13 ; Isa. xlv. 
15. 

8. How does it become manifest who are the 
elect? John vi. 37 ; Acts xiii. 48 ; Rom. viii. 29, 
30 ; Eph. i. 4 ; 1 Thess. i. 4—10. 

9. Have those who are the objects of God's 
electing love any occasion for boasting ? Rom. iii 
27; 1 Cor. i. 26—31; iv. 7; Col. iii. 11; Tit. 
iii. 5. 

10. Have those who perish in their guilt any 
occasion to complain ? Prov. i. 24 — 33 ; Isa. Iv. 
1 ; Matt. xx. 15 ; xxiii. 37 ; John v. 40. 

11. Is God under any obligation, simply because 
he saves one from the perdition that he deserves, to 
save any other person? Rom. ix. 14 — 23. 

12. If men had a proper sense of their own guilt 
and unworthiness, "would they ever find fault with 
the doctrine of God's electing love? 

13. If they were willing that God should be su- 
preme, would they raise objections to any thing tha» 
he says or does? 

14. When this doctrine is exhibited in a scrip* 
lural manner, do you feel submissive, or rebellious 

Why was I made to hear thy voice, 

And enter while there 's room, 
When thousands make a wretched choice, 

And i ather starve than come 1 



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T was the same love that spread the feat 

That sweetly forced us in ; 
Else we had still refused to taste, 

And perished in our sin. 



LESSON XXII. 

ATONEMENT. 

1 What is meant by atonement ? 

2 Do the Scriptures represent the sufferings 
and death of Christ as making provision for the sai 
vation of sinners? Isa. liii. 5, 10, 11 ; Rom. iii. 
25, 26 ; v 10 ; 2 Cor. v. 21 ; Heb. ii. 10. 14. 

3. Did Christ endure the same kind and degree 
of sufferings that would have been endured by sin- 
ners, had he not died for their redemption 1 

4. Did he suffer remorse of conscience? Heb v. 
15 ; vii. 26 ; 1 Pet. ii. 22. 

5. Did he suffer absolute despair? Heb. xii. 3 

6. What gave to his sufferings their value as an 
infinite atonement? John i. 1, 14; x. 30; Acts 
xx. 28. 

7. Did he suffer in his human or his Divine 
nature, or both? Isa. liii. 10; Matt. xxvi. 38; 
xxvii. 34, 46. 50; Luke xxh. 44; Eph. ii. 15; 
Col i 22; 1 Pet. iv. 1. 

8. Were his sufferings bodily, or mental, or 
both » Isa. liii. 10; Mark xv 34 ; 1 Pet. iii 18. 



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9. Were his sufferings very severe ? Matt, 
xxvi. 38 ; xxvii. 46 ; Luke xxii. 44. 

10. If he was perfectly innocent, why did he 
thus suffer? 2 Cor. v. 21 ; Gal. in. 13 ; 1 Pet ii. 
U ; iii. 18. 

11. Why was it necessary that such an atone- 
ment should be offered? Lev. xvii. 11 ; Rom iii. 
25, 26 , Feb. ii. 10 ; ix. 22. 

15. * •h} did the Father send his Son to die for 
us? oohn iii. 16, 17 ; 1 John iv. 9, 10. 

13. Is the atonement sufficient in its nature for 
the whole, or only a part of mankind ? John i. 
29 ; iii. 17 ; 2 Cor. v. 14, 15, 19, 20 ; 1 Tim. ii. 6 ; 
Heb. ii. 9 ; 1 John ii. 2. 

14. What other considerations imply the same 
doctrine? Isa. xlv. 22 ; lv. 1 ; Mark xvi. 15, 16 ; 
Acts xvii. 30 ; 1 Tim. ii. 1 — 4 ; Rev. xxii. 17. 

15. If the atonement is sufficient for the salva- 
tion of all men, why are not all men partakers of its 
blessings ? Mark xvi. 16 ; Luke xiii. S ; John iii. 
19 ; v. 40 ; 2 Thess. i. 8. 

16. What is the difference between atonement 
and redemption ? 

17. Because the atonement is adequate to tho 
necessities of all men, does it follow that the 
redemption must be extended to all ? 

18. Has not God a right to make ample provi- 
tion, and yet to limit its benefits according to his 
i*-n nleasure? 1 Tim. iv. 10. 



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19. Tc what do Christians acknowledge then 
indebtedness for their salvation 1 Rom. v. 11; 
Eph. i. 7 ; Rev. v. 9. 

20. Is the doctrine of atonement represented in 
the Bible as of much importance 1 John xiv. 6 ; 
Acts iv. 12 ; 1 Cor. i. 23, 24 ; ii. 2 ; Gal. vi. 14. 

21. Are you personally interested in the bles- 
sings of Christ's atonement 1 ? 

22. Can you assign any valid reason why you 
should not be a partaker of its saving benefits ? 

Agonizing in the garden, 

Lo ! your Saviour prostrate lies ; 
On the bloody tree behold him ; 

There he groans, and bleeds, and dies : 
"It is finished;" 
Heaven's atoning sacrifice. 

Lo ! th' incarnate God, ascended, 

Pleads the merit of his blood ; 
Venture on him — venture wholly ; 

Let no other trust intrude : 
None but Jesus 

Can do helpless sinners good. 



LESSON XXI11. 

REGENERATION. 

1. What is meant by regeneration? 

2. Does it consist in any external reformation ol 
conduct! Luke xi. 39. 

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3. Does it consist in conversion from one reli- 
gious denomination to another? 

4. Does it consist in the communication of any 
new faculty or passion to the soul ? 

5. Does it consist in any succession of emotions, 
as terror or joy, despair or hope, distress or com- 
fort? 

6. In what, then, does it consist ? 

7. Is it a physical or a moral change ? 2 Cor. 
v. 17 ; Eph. iv. 22—24 ; 1 John iv. 7. 

8. Does regeneration render the soul completely 
holy? 

9. Does it accord with Scripture to suppose that 
any arrive at sinless perfection in this life? Job 
ix. 20 ; Eccl. vii. 20 ; Rom. vii. 24 ; James iii. 2 ; 
1 John i. 8, 10. 

10. Is regeneration indispensably necessary to 
salvation? John iii. 3, 7; 1 Cor. ii. 14; Gal. vi. 
15 ; Heb. xii. 14. 

11. Is there any evidence that this saving change 
ever takes place after death? Heb. ix. 27, 28. 

12. Can we enter heaven unless we are perfectly 
holy? Heb xii. 14. 

13. Can we become fit for heaven withcut re- 
generation? John iii. 3, 5. 

14. By whose agency is the heart of the sinner 
changed? Ezek. xxxvi. 26 ; John i. 13; Eph. ii. 
1 ; Tit. iii. 5 



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15. Can regeneration be effected by any othfe- 
power than that of God, the Holy Spirit? John i 
12. 13; iii. 6; vi. 44; Eph. ii. 8, 10. 

16. Why is suc^i a powerful agent necessary to 
change the heart? John v. 40; Rom. viii. 7; 1 
Cor. ii. 14. 

17. Does this necessity excuse the impenitence 
of the wicked ? 

18. What does this necessity imply ? Rom. viit. 
7; Eph. iv. 18, 19; Col. i. 21. 

19. Are we under obligation to be holy in heart 
and life irrespective of the influences of the Holy 
Spirit? Ezek. xviii. 31 ; 1 Pet. i. 16. 

20. Does God act as a Sovereign in regenerat- 
ing sinners? Rom. ix. 16; 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7; 
James i. 18. 

21. What instrument is he pleased to use in 
renewing the human heart? 1 Cor. iv. 15 ; James 
i. 18 ; 1 Pet. i. 23. 

22. Is it wise to inquire into the mode of the 
Holy Spirit's operation in renewing the heart? 
Deut. xxix. 29 ; John iii. 8. 

23. What are some of the evidences that a man 
is regenerated? Ps. Ixxxiv. 2 ; cii. 14 ; Mai. iii 16 ; 
Matt. xi. 29; Rom. vii. 22, 24, 2 Cor. v. 17, 
Eph. v. 9 ; Gal. v. 16—23 ; 1 John iii. 14 , f . ! 
4 ; 2 John ii. 3. 

24. Have ycu " been born again ?" 



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The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, 

Breathes on the sons of flesh, 
Creates anew the carnal mind, 

And forms the man afresh. 

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Our quickened souls awake and rise 
From their long sleep of death; 

On heavenly things we fix our eyes, 
And praise employs our breath e 



LESSON XXIV. 

HOLY LOVE. 

1. What is the requirement of God : Mark 
*ii. 30, 31. 

2. Why should we love God ? 

3. Why love our fellow-men ? 

4. When the heart is renewed by the Holy 
Spirit, what change is wrought?- Jer. xxxi. 33. 

5. What are some of the effects] Rom. v. 5; 
xiii. 10 ; 1 John iv. 7, 8, 12, 16, 20. 

6. Does the true Christian love God for what he 
is in himself, irrespective of the benefits received 
from him? 

7. Does he love God as the righteous Governor, 
as well as the kind Benefactor of his creatures ? 

8. Does he ove the holiness as well as the go*d« 
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9 Does he love the whole character of God, 
and desire his glory more than all things e.se ? 

10. How does he regard the Bible? Ps i. 2 ; 
cxix. 97, 99, 103, 162, 167. 

11. How does he feel toward Christians? 1 
John iii. 14. 

12. How does he feel toward the impenitent? 
Rom. ix. 1 — 3 ; x. 1. 

13. Does he delight to converse with God in 
prayer? Ps. v. 1 — 3; Dan. vi. 10; Acts ix. H ; 
I Thess. iii. 10. 

14. Is he willing to make sacrifices for the con- 
version of sinners and the glory of Christ ? Acts 
xx. 31 ; Rom. ix. 1—3 ; 2 Cor. v. 14 ; Col. i. 28. 

15. Is he disposed to obey God ? John xiv. 23 ; 
1 John ii. 3 — 5. 

16. Do you love God for what he is, and your 
fellow-men as his creatures ? 

17. What proof do you give that you truly ove 
God and your neighbor ? 

Happy the heart where graces reign, 
Where love inspires the breast : 

Love is the brightest of the train, 
And strengthens all the rest. 

This is the grace that lives and sings 
When faith and hope shall cease ; 

T is this shall strike our joyful strings 
In brightest realms of bliss. 



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LESSON XXV. 

REPENTANCE. 

1. How many kinds of repentance are theic ? 9 
Cor. vii. 10. 

2. What is legal, or false repentance? 

3. Does it originate in any holy principle of 
heart? Gen. iv. 13, 14. 

4. Is it produced by the Spirit of God ? Gal. v 
22; Eph. v. 9. 

5. How was it exemplified in the case of Judas ? 
Matt, xxvii. 3 — -5. 

6. What is evangelical, or true repentance ? 

7. Does it imply that the heart is renewed * 
Ezek. xxxi. 18, 19. 

8. Does it imply love to God ? Ps. xcvii. 10. 

9. Does it imply hatred of sin, and love of holi 
ness? Ps. cxix. 114, 128; cxxxix. 21—23; 2 
Cor. vii. 10, 11. 

10. By what agency is it produced? Acts t. 
31 ; 2 Tim. ii. 25. 

11. How has its character been exemplified in 
true penitents? Ps. Ii. 1 — 15; Luke vii. 37 — 50. 

12. What does God require in repentance ? Isa. 
Iv. 7; Ezek. xiv. 6; xxxvi. 31 ; Joel ii. 12, 13; 

Matt. iii. 8. 

13. When the heart is truly broken under a 



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consciousness of guilt, what are the effects * Ps. 
xxxviii. 18 ; li. 1—14 ; Jer. xxxi. 18, 19 ; Matt, 
xxvi. 75 ; 2 Cor. vii. 11. 

14. If a man is sorry for sin merely because of 
the punishment which it brings, is he truly peni- 
tent? 

15. When a man truly repents, does he con- 
fess his sins to God, or not? Judges x. 19 ; Ezra 
ix. 7, 10, 11 ; Ps. xxxii. 5 ; xxxviii. 18 ; li. 3, 4 ; 
Dan. ix. 4—6. 

16. Is confession of sin to God an indispensable 
part of true repentance? Prov. xxviii. 13 ; 1 John 
i. 9. 

17. If the true penitent has injured others, what 
does he do? Luke xix. 8. 

18. If a person confesses his sins, but does not 
t:rn from them, has he true repentance? 

19. Is repentance indispensable to salvation? 
lea. lv. 7 ; Luke xiii. 3 ; Acts iii. 10. 

20. Is the duty of repentance much inculcated 
r the word of God ? Ezek. xviii. 30 ; Matt. iii. 
I 2 ; r\ 17 ; Mark vi. 12 ; Luke xxiv. 47 ; Acta 
xx. 21 ; xxvi. 20. 

21. Is it the duty of all, or of only the more 
wicked ? Luke xiii. 3 ; Acts xvii. 30 ; Rom. iii. 23. 

22. Is repentance man's immediate duty ? P» 
sxix. 5^ 60 ; Heb. iii. 7, 8. 



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23. To what period is the time for acceptable 
repentance limited? Eccl. ix. 10; Heb. iii. 7, 8. 

24. What are the consequences of impenitence ? 
Ps. vii. 11, 12 ; 1. 22 ; Ezek. xviii o\) ; xxxiii. 11 ; 
Luke xiii. 3. 

25. When a sinner repents, what is the effect in 
Leaven? Luke xv. 7. 

26. Are you truly penitent for sin ? 

27. What proof do you give that you are trulf 
penitent ? 

O, wash my soul from every sin, 
And make my guilty conscience clean; 
Here, on my heart, the burden lies, 
And past offences pain my eyes. 

My lips with shame, my sins confess, 
Against thy law, against thy grace ; 
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, 
I am condemned, but thou art clear. 



LESSON XXVI. 

FORGIVENESS. 

1. What is meant by forgiveness of sin f Ps. 
cxxii. 1,2; Isa. xliii. 25 ; Mic. vii. 19 ; Heb. viii. 
12. 

2. Is it the same as pardon ? 

3. Whose prerogative is it to forgive sins that 



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arc committed against God ? 1 Kings viii. 30 ; Ps, 
xxv. 18 ; Dan. ix. 9 ; Mark ii. 7 ; Luke xxiii. 34 ; 
Eph. iv. 32. 

4. Did Christ, when on earth, forgive sins? 
Mark ii. 5, 9, 10 ; Luke v. 20. 

5. What is the proper inference from this fact 

6. Does God forgive the sins of the truly peni- 
tent? Ex. xxxiv. 7 ; Ps. xxxii. 5 ; cxxx. 4 ; Isa. 
Iv. 7 ; Jer. xxxi. 20 ; Mic. vii. 18 ; 1 John i. 9. 

7. When a sinner is forgiven by God, from what 
liabiHty is he delivered? Isa. xliii. 25 , Jer. xxxi. 
34; Rom. vii. 1, 2, 6; viii. 1—5, 33, 34 ; Heb. 
viii. 12 ; x. 17. 

8. Does repentance, or any thing that is felt or 
done by the sinner, constitute the meritorious 
ground of forgiveness ? 

9. By what influence is repentance produced ifi 
the mind? Acts v. 31 ; 2 Tim. ii. 25. 

10. Why is repentance necessary ? 

11. What is the ground of forgiveness* Ps. 
xxv. 11 ; Dan. ix. 18 ; Luke xxiv. 47 ; Rom. iii. 
24—26 ; Eph. i. 7 ; Col. i. 14 ; Heb. ix. 14. 

12. Is forgiveness an act of free grace? Ps. Ii 
1 ; Eph. i. 7. 

13. Does God forgive in a way to promote tho 
interests of holiness? Ps. cxxx. 4 ; John viii. 1 1 ; 
Horn. vi. 14, 22; viii. 10; Eph. ii. 10. 

14. Will a man who loves God and hates sin ba 



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likely to sin the more because God has freely for- 
given him? Rom. vi. 1, 2, 6, 11, 14, 15, 22. 

15 Will a man who knows that his forgiveness 
has been procured by the sufferings and death of 
the Saviour whom he loves, be likely to sin the 
more because he has been forgiven for Christ's sake ? 
Rom. vi. 5, C ; vii. 4 ; Gal. ii. 19, 20 ; vi. 14 ; CoL 
hi. 3 ; 1 Pet. ii. 24 

16. If a man shuuld take encouragement, from 
the fact that God can graciously pardon sin, to per- 
severe in wrong doing, what should be our conelu 
sion respecting him? Acts viii. 21 — 23. 

17. Are you forgiven by God 1 

Show pity, Lord ; O Lord, forgive ; 
Let a repenting rebel live ; 
Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
May not a sinner trust in thee ? 

My crimes, though great, cannot surpass 
The power and glory of thy grace ; 
Great God, thy nature hath no bound ; 
So let thy pardoning love be found. 



LESSON XXVII 

ADOPTION. 

1. Does God regard mankind, in their fallen 
state and enmity against him, as his children 1 
lsa i. 2 ; Jer. iii. 19 ; Rom. ix. 8 



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2. Do they resemble him in any feature of his 
moral character? Deut. xxxii. 5; Ps. liii. I — 3; 
Isa. lv. 9 ; Rom. iii. 9—19. 

3. Do they exhibit toward him the filial spirit ? 
John v. 42 ; Rom. viii. 7, 8 ; Eph. iv. 18 ; Col. i. 
21 ; 1 John ii. 15. 

4. Do they render obedience to him as to their 
Heavenly Father? Mai. i. 6 ; John viii. 44, 47 ; 
Rom. iii. 18. 

5. Have they any title to his heavenly inneri- 
tance ? Matt. xxv. 41, 46 ; Rev. xx. 15. 

6. How does he regard them ? Ps. vii. 1 1 ; Matt, 
xviii. 11 ; John iii. 18 ; Rom. iii. 9 ; 2 Cor. iv. 3 ; 
Gal. iii. 10, 22. 

7. How are sinners introduced into the family 
of God? 

By election. Eph. i. 4, 5 ; 1 Pet. i. 2. 

By regeneration. John i. 12, 13 ; iii. 3 — 6. 

By faith. Gal. iii. 26. 

By adoption. Eph. i. 5 ; Gal. iv. 5. 

8. What is adoption ? 

9. Is it by regeneration, or by adoption, that a 
man receives a new nature? John iii. 6 ; 2 Cor. v. 
17 ; Gal. vi. 15 ; Tit. iii. 5. 

10. By which does he receive a new name 1 
Eph. iii. 15; 1 John iii. 1. 

11. Does God adopt sinners into his family be- 
cause of any thing excellent in them ? Ezek. xvi 
5, 6 ; Eph. ii 4—10 



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12. Whom do such as he regenerates and adopts 
resemble? Rom. viii. 29; 2 Cor. ill. 18; Col. iii. 
10 ; 2 Pet. i. 4. 

13. Do they possess the filial spirit? Rom. viii. 
15; Gal. iv. 6. 

14. Is obedience to the divine will their delight | 
John xiv. 23 ; Acts ix. 6. Compare Ps. xl. 8, and 
Rom. viii. 9. 

15. Do they love one another? John xiii. 34, 
35 ; Rom. xii. 10 ; 1 John iii. 14 ; iv. 7, 11, 20, 
21. 

16. What are some of their peculiar privileges ? 
Great honor, Hos. i. 10 ; John i. 12 ; Gal. iv. 

7; 1 John iii. 1, 2. 
Abundant provision. Ps. lxxxiv. 11 ; Isa. 

xxxiii. 16; 1 Cor. iii. 21,22; Eph. i. 3, 

Col. i. 27 ; Rev. xxi. 7. 
Fite access. Eph. ii. 18; iii. 11, 12; Heb. 

iv. 14—16 ; x. 19—22. 
Divine protection. Ps. xxxiv. 7 ; xxxvii. 23 

24 ; Prov. xiv. 26 ; Isa. xxxii. 18, 19 ; 

xxxiii. 16 ; liv. 17; John x. 28—30. 
Instruction. Ps. xxv. 9 ; xxxii. 8 ; John xiv 

6, 26 ; 1 John ii. 27. 
Preservation. Ps. ciii. 17, 18; cxxv. 1, 2; 

Jer. xxxii. 40 ; John xvii. 11, 12, 15 ; Phil. 

i. 6; lPet. 1,5; Jude 24. 
Heirship. Rom. viii. 17 ; Gal. iii. 29 ; Col. L 

12 ; Tit. iii. 7 ; 1 Pet. i. 3—5, 8. 



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Eternal Glory John viii. 35 ; Rom vi. 23 ■ 
1 Thess. iv. 17 ; 1 Pet. i. 4 ; 1 John iii. 2. 

17. What are the evidences of adoption ? 
Renunciation of other objects of attachment, 

Isa. xxvi. 13 ; Hos. xiv. 8 ; Matt. xiii. 45, 

46 ; Phil. iii. 8. 
Supreme affection to God. Ps. xviii. 1 ; lxxiii. 

25 ; Lam. iii. 24 ; Luke vii. 47 ; 1 John iv. 

19. 
Spirit of obedience. John xv. 14 ; 1 John ii. 

3—6. 
Patient , yet joyful expectation of the inheritance, 

Rom. ii. 7 ; 2 Cor. iv. 18 ; Heb. xi. 26, 27. 

18. Is adoption an act of free grace? Eph. i. 
5 — 8 ; 1 John iii. 1. 

19. By what influence is it applied to belie wis.! 
Rom. viii. 15, 16 ; Gal. iv. 6. 

20. What are the obligations of the adoM^* 
Eph. v. 1 ; Col. iii. 12 ; Heb. xii. 9. 

21. Are you an adopted child of God? 

My Father, God, how sweet the sound ! 

How tender and how dear ! 
Not all the melody of heaven 

Could so delight the ear. 

Come, sacred Spirit, seal the name 

On my believing heart, 
And show that in Jehovah's grace 

I share a filial part. 
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LESSON XXVIII. 

FAITH. 

1 . What is meant by faith ? 

2. How do you understand the definition in Hen. 
u 1? 

3. What is historic faith? Heb. xi. 3. 

4. May this faith exist without piety? James 
ii. 17—19. 

5. May the preaching of God's servants be cred- 
ited as true, so far as to produce reformation of con- 
duct, and yet there be no true piety ? Jonah iii. 
4—9 ; Acts viii. 13, 18—23 ; Rom. i. 18. 

6. What is the faith of miracles? Matt. ix. 28 ; 
xviii. 19 ; Mark ix. 23 ; xi. 23 ; John xi. 40 ; Acts 
xiv. 9, 10. 

7. Is this the saving faith required of all men ? 
1 Cor. xiii. 2. 

8. What is true evangelical faith 1 

9. What is the object of true faith ? John i. 29 ; 
iii. 14 — 18 ; Acts xvi. 31 ; Rom. x. 4 ; 1 John v. 
13. 

10. What ought we to believe concerning Christ ? 
John xi. 27 ; xvi. 30 ; xvii. 8 ; Acts viii. 37 ; Rom. 
x. 9 ; 1 Thess. iv. 14. 

11. Does true faith include the consent of the 
heart, as well as the assent of the understanding ? 
Luke viii 15; Acts viii. 37; Rom. x. 10. 



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12. Has unbelief its seat in the heart? John iii. 
19—21 ; Rom. i. 21 ; Heb. iii. 12. 

13. By what various forms of expression is faith 
in Christ denoted? Isa. xlv. 22 ; lv 1 ; Matt. xi. 
28 ; John i. 12 ; iv. 14 ; vii. 37 ; Eph. i. 12, 13 ; 
Heb. xii. 2. 

14. Is faith very important? Mark xvi. 16; 
John xi. 25 ; xx. 31 ; Acts x. 43 ; xiii. 39 ; xvi. 
30, 31 ; Rom. i. 16 ; x. 11 ; Gal. iii. 26 ; Eph. ii. 
8 ; Heb. iv. 3 ; •. 39 ; 1 John v. 13. 

15. Is faith the gift of God? 1 Cor. ii. 5 ; Eph. 
ii. 8 ; Col. ii. 12 ; 2 The**, i. 11 ; Heb. xii. 2. 

16. What instrumentality is used in the produc- 
tion of this faith? Rom. x. 14, 17; 1 Cor. iv. 15. 

17. What are evidences of true faith? Heb. 
xi, 7 — 10, 17—19 ; James ii. 21—24 ; 1 Pet. ii. 7 ; 
1 John v. 4. 

18. Is unbelief sinful ? Tohn xvi. 9 ; Heb. xi. 6. 

19. What are the consequences of unbelief* 
Mark xvi. 16 ; John iii. 18, 36 ; 2 Cor. iv. 4 ; 2 
Thess. ii. 12 ; Heb. iii. 18, 19 ; 1 John v. 12 ; Jude 5. 

20. Are you a believer, or an unbeliever ? 

Faith works with power, but will not plead 

The best of works when done ; 
It knows no other ground of trust 

But in the Lord alone. 

It gives no title, but receives ; 

No blessing it procures ; 
Yet, where it truly lives and reigns, 

All blessings it insures. 



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LESSON XXIX. 

JUSTIFICATION. 

1 What is meant by justification t 

2 If a man should in every respect obey GoJ's 
law, would he stand justified before God ? Lev. 
xviii. 5 ; Ezek. xx. 11 ; Luke x. 27, 28 ; Rom. ii 
13 ; x. 6 ; Gal. iii. 12. * 

3. If he has transgressed God's law, is he justi- 
fied or condemned ? Gal. iii. 10 ; James ii. 10. 

4. Is any human being, then, justified by the 
law ? Job ix. 2 ; Ps. cxliii. 2 ; Rom. iii. 9, 19, 20, 
23; Gal. iii. 11,22. 

5. How, then, can a sinner be justified? Acts 
xiii. 39 ; Rom. iii. 24, 26, 28 ; v. 1 ; 1 Cor. vi. 11 ; 
Eph. i. 6, 7; ii. 7— 10. 

6. If a man is justified, is he pardoned and ex- 
empted from punishment ? John v. 24 ; Acts x. 
43 ; Rom. v. 9 ; viii. 1, 33, 34. 

7. Does justification affect the character, or only 
the state of the sinner ? 

8. If men could be justified and saved by their 
own good works, would there have been any neces- 
sity for the death of Christ ? Rom. xi. 6 ; Gal. ii. 21 

9. Have good works any part in the justification 
of any man? Rom. iii. 20, 28 ; iv. 3 — 7 ; xi. 6 ; 
Gal. ir. 16; iii. 11; Phil. iii. 9 



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10. Are all who are saved justified upon the 
same principles? Acts xv. 9 ; Rom. iii. 22, 30 , 
x 12 ; 1 Cor. iv. 7 ; Gal. iii. 28 ; Col. iii. 11 ; Rev 
v. 9 ; vii. 9, 10, 13, 14. 

11. Does the gospel mode of justification dimin 
ish the force of law, and tend to immorality * 
Rom. iii. 27, 31. 

12. Which is the more likely to produce humil- 
ity, gratitude and obedience, — justification by one's 
own righteousness, or justification by the righteous- 
ness of Christ ? 

13. Should we regard any man as in a justified 
state w r ho does not yield obedience to Christ? 
James ii. 20 — 24. 

14. What part does God the Father take in the 
sinner's justification ? John iii. 16; Rom. viii. 32, 
33. 

15. What part does .he Son take 1 Rom. viii. 
34 ; Tit. ii. 14. 

16. What part does the Holy Spirit take 1 John 
xvi. 8—15. 

17. What are we to regard as the source, oi 
originating cause of justification ? Rom. iii. 24 ; 
Tit. iii. 4, 5. 

18. What is the ground, or the meritorious cause 
of justification? Rom. iv. 25; v. 9, 19 ; 2 Cor. v. 
81 ; Eph. i. 7. 

19. What is the recipient, or the instrumental 



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cause of justification ? Rom. i. 17; iii. 28; x. 4 
G, 10 ; v. 1 ; Gal. ii. 20 ; iii. 26 ; v. 5 ; Eph. ii. 8 , 
iii. 17. 

20. What are the effects of justification upon 
those who are justified? Ps. xxxii. 1,2; Rom. v. 
1—3, 10, 11 ; viii. 1, 14, 15, 16, 28—39; 1 Cor 
i. 30 ; iii. 21, 22 ; Eph. iii. 12 ; v. 27 ; 1 Tim. iv. 
8; 2 Tim. i. 12. 

21. Is justification an alterable or unalterable 
act] Mai. iii. 6 ; Rom. v. 17 ; viii. 30 ; xi. 29. 

22. What does the Apostle say of those who 
attempted to mislead the Galatian churches upon 
this subject? Gal. i. 8, 9. 

23. What is the true import of Gal. v. 4? 

24. Have you received the righteousness of 
Christ by faith, so that you are justified in the sight 
of God? 

In vain we ask God's righteous law 

To justify us now ; 
Since to convince and to condemn 

Is all the law can do. 

Jesus, how glorious is thv grace ! 

When in thy name we trust, 
Our faith receives a righteousness 

That makes the sinner just. 



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LESSON XXX. 

SANCTIFICATION. 

i. What are the two more common meanings 
of sanctification, as the word is used in the sacred 
Scriptures ? 

To set apart, or consecrate. Gen. ii. 3 ; Ex. 

xxviii. 41 ; Lev. xxvii. 14, 16 ; Num. vii. 1 ; 

Job i. 5 ; Joel i. 14 ; John xvii. 19. 
To cleanse, or purify from sin. Ezek. xxxvi. 

25 ; 1 Cor. vi. 11 ; Tit. iii. 5, 6 ; Heb. ix. 

14. 

2. Is sanctification, in the latter sense, represent- 
ed as indispensable to salvation? John iii. 5; xiii. 
8 ; Heb. ix. 22, 23 ; xii. 14 ; Rev. i. 5 ; vii. 14 

3. Why is sanctification necessary? Job xv. 
14—16 ; xxv. 4 ; xl. 4 ; Ps. Ii. 5 ; Prov. xx. 9 ; 
Isa. vi. 5 ; Ixiv. 6 ; Rom. vii. 18, 24 ; Eph. ii 2, 3 ; 
Tit. iii. 3. 

4. Has God made provision for the sanctification 
of every believer? Ezek. xxxvi. 25 — 27; Zecfe. 
xiii. 1 ; Rom. vi. 6, 14; Eph. v. 26, 27; Tit. iii. 
5, 6 ; Heb. ix. 13, 14 ; 1 John i. 7? 9 ; v. 6. 

5 Is it the will of God that his people should be 
ranctified? John xvii. 17 — 19 ; Acts xxvi. 18 ; Col, 
iv. 12 ; 1 Thess. iv. 3 ; v. 23 ; 2 Thess. ii. 13 ; Tit. 
ii 14 ; 1 Pet. i. 2. 



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6. Has Gad enjoined sanctification as a duty 1 . 
Isa. i. 16 ; Jer. iv. 14 ; Ezek. xviii. 31 ; Rom. xii. 
1, 2 ; 2 Cor. vii. 1 ; Heb. xii. 14 ; James iv. 8. 

7. Is sanctification desired by the true believer? 
Ps. li. 2, 7, 10; Rom. vii. 24. 

8. Upon whose grace are we dependent for 
sanctification? Acts xxvi. 18; 1 Cor. i. 30; Tit. 
ii. 14 ; Heb. x. 10, 22 ; 1 John i. 7 ; iii. 5 ; v. 6 ; 
Rev. i. 5; vii. 14. 

9. By what influence is sanctification wrought 1 
Acts iii. 26 ; 1 Cor. vi. 11 ; 2 Cor. iii. 8 , Phil. ii. 
13 ; 1 Thess. v. 23 ; Tit. iii. 5 ; Jude 1 ; 1 Pet. 
i. 2. 

10. What is the instrument of sanctification? 
Ps. xix. 7, 9; cxix. 9, 11; John xvii. 17, 19: 
Acts xv. 9 ; Eph. v. 26 ; James i. 21 ; 1 Pet. l. 22 
23. 

11. Is sanctification equal in degree in all cases? 
Heb. v. 12—14 ; 1 John ii. 12—14. 

12. Is it a progressive work, or is it perfected at 
once? Prov. iv. 18; Hos. vi. 3; Mai. iv. 2; 2 
£or. iii. 18 ; vii. 1 ; Eph. iv. 13—15 ; Phil. i. 6 ; 
iii. 12—14 ; 2 Thess. i. 3 ; Heb. vi. 1 ; 1 Pet. ii. 
2 ; 2 Pet. i. 5—7 ; iii. 18. 

13. Is any one perfectly sanctified or holy in the 
present life? 1 Kings viii. 46; Job xv. 14 — 16; 
Ps. exxx. 3 ; cxliii. 2 ; Prov. xx. 9 ; Eccl. vii. 20 ; 
t John i. 8, 10. 

14. Whence arises the imperfection of the sane- 



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tification of believers ? Rom. vii. 18, 23 ; Gal. v 
17; Heb. xii. 1. 

15. Where may the perfectly sanctified be found 1 
Axts xx. 32 ; xxvi. 18 ; Col. i. 12 ; Heb. xii. 23 ; 
Rev. iii. 4, 5 ; vii. 9, 14—17. 

1C. What are evidences that the work of sancti- 
fication has been commenced] Job xlii. 5, 6 ; Ps 
i. 1,2; xxvii. 4 ; xlii. 1,2; ciii. 1,2; cix. 4 ; cxix. 
16. 53, 59, 113, 133; Isa. xxvi. 7; Lam. iii. 24; 
John xv. 8 ; Gal. v. 16—25 ; Eph. iii. 15—19 ; v. 
9 ; 1 John iii. 14. 

17. Has the work of sanctification been com- 
menced in your soul ! 

18. To what extent does your daily life indicate 
that you are sanctified 1 

19. Can you sincerely offer the prayer in Ps. 
li. 10? 

20. What means are you employing to promote 
your own advancement in sanctification ? 

Breathe, O, breathe thy Holy Spirit 

Into every troubled breast ; 
Let us all thy grace inherit; 

Let us find thy promised rest : 

Take away the love of sinning ; 

Take our load of guilt away ; 
End the work of thy beginning ; 

Bring us to eternal day 
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LESSON XXXI. 

PERSEVERANCE. 

1. What is meant by the doctrine of Per- 
ieverance ? 

2. Does it imply that real saints never fall into 
sin? Gen. ix. 20,21; Num. xx. 7—12; Ps. li. 
3,4; Prov. xxiv. 16 ; Jonah i. 2, 3 ; iv. I — 4 ; 
Matt. xxvi. 69—75. 

3. Does it imply that none who profess religion, 
and appear to possess it, ever fall away and perish ? 
Matt. vii. 22, 23; xiii. 20,21; xv. 13; John vi 
64, 66, 70 ; xvii. 12 ; Acts i. 16—18,25 ; viii. 13— 
23 ; 1 John ii. 19. 

4. Does it imply that saints, in and of themselves, 
will persevere unto eternal salvation ? Ps. xxx. 10 ; 
lxxi. 16 ; John xv. 4, 5 ; 2 Cor. xii. 9, 10 ; Phil, 
iv. 13. 

5. Does it imply that all who are truly converted 
will uniformly increase in holiness and enjoy the 
hopes and comforts of religion? Ps. li. 12 — 15; 
Ixxxix. 30—32 ; Jer. Hi. 22 ; Lam. i. 12. 

f>. Does it imply that a Christian, if he fall into 
sin, will be saved whether he repent or not ? Ps. 
Ii. 16, 17 ; Prov. xxviii. 13 ; Mark xiv. 72 ; 2 Cor 
vii. 10. 

7. Does it imply that a person, when once con 



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verted, will be saved, whether he endure to the end 
or not ? Matt. x. 22 ; xxiv. 13 ; Rom. ii. 7 ; Heb 
iii. 14 ; vi. 11 ; James i. 12 ; Rev. ii. 7, 10 ; iii. 21 

8. Does it imply that a Christian wiY persevere 
in holiness without his own exertions] Gal. vi. 9 , 
Eph. iv. 30 ; Phil. ii. 12, 13 ; 1 Pet. v. 9 ; 2 Pet. 
i. 10, 11; Jude20,21. 

9. Do the Scriptures explicitly teach the doc- 
trine that all who are truly converted by the grace 
of God will persevere and be finally saved? Job 
xvii. 9; Ps. xxxvii. 23, 24, 28; lxxxix. 28—34; 
xci. 12; cxxi. 3- — 8; Jer. xxxi. 3, 34 ; John vi. 
37, 39 ; x. 27—30 ; xiv. 16—19 ; xvii. 2 ; Rom. 
viii. 28—39 ; 1 Cor. i. 8 ; Phil. i. 6 ; 2 Thess. 
iii. 3 ; 2 Tim. ii. 19 ; 1 Pet. i. 3—5 ; Jude 
24, 25. 

10. Does the Bible any where assert that any 
saint will totally and finally apostatize ? 

11. Does the Bible mention a single instance in 
which a converted person has apostatized so as to 
fail of heaven ? 

12. Is there an inseparable connection between 
the first exercise of evangelical faith and eternal 
life? Luke x. 42; John iii. 14—16, 36; iv. 14; 
v. 24 ; vi. 47—54 ; Rom. viii. 29, 30. 

13. If there were no certainly of the salvation of 
any particular individual, what security is there foi 
the salvation of any ? If one believer may fully 
apostatize and perish, why may not all? 



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14. How, in such a case, could Christ be certain 
of a people to serve him in heaven? Ps. lxxxix. 
28—37 ; Isa. liii. 10, 12 ; John vi. 37, 39 ; xvii. 24. 

15. How, in such a case, also, is it possible for 
any to cherish assured hope of salvation ? Job xix 
25 ; Ps. xvii. 15 ; 2 Tim. iv. 8 ; Heb. vi. 11—20 . 
1 John iii. 2. 

16. Are you obeying the exhortation in 2 Pel. 
i. 10? 

Grace led my roving feet 

To tread the heavenly road ; 
And new supplies, each hour, I meet, 

While pressing on to God. 

Grace all the work shall crown, 

Through everlasting days ; 
It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 

And well deserves the praise. 



LESSON XXXII. 

SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. 

1. What is the argument in Rom. v. 8 — 10. 

2. Unto what are the people of God elected J 
Rom viii. 30 ; xi. 2 ; 1 Thess. v. 9 ; 1 Pet. i. 
2—5. 

3 What is the tenor of God's covenant re- 
specting them? 2 Sam. xxiii. 5 ; Ps. lxxxix. 26— 
37; Isa. liv. 10; Jer. xxxii. 40; Heb. xiii. 20, 21. 



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4. Are they not justified with reference to final 
salvation? John v. 24 ; Rom. v. 10; viii. 30, 33. 

5. Are they not united to Christ by strong, in- 
separable bonds 1 John xiv. 19 ; Rom. viii. 35— 
39; 1 Cor. i. 9; Col. iii. 3, 4. 

6. Will not Christ's intercession on their behalf 
prevail ? Luke xxii. 32 ; John xi. 42 ; xvii. 9, 11, 
15, 17, 24; Rom. viii. 34; Heb. vii. 25; 1 John 
ii. 1. 

7. Is it any valid objection to this doctrine that 
Christians are commanded to persevere? Phil, ii 
12, 13; Heb. x. 23; xii. 14; 2 Pet. i. 10; Rev. 
ii. 10; iii. 11. 

8. Is it any valid objection that Christians are 
cautioned and warned against apostacy ? Ezek. 
iii. 20; xviii. 24 ; Rom. xi. 20, 21 ; 1 Cor. x. 12; 
Heb. iv. 1 ; vi. 4—6, 11 ; x. 26, 27, 29, 38; xii. 
15. 

9. Is it any valid objection that Christians are 
encouraged by promises to persevere ? Matt. x. 
22 ; James i. 12 ; Rev. ii. 10 ; iii. 5. 

10 May not these commands, cautions, warnings 
and promises be the means by which God secures the 
end? John xvii. 6 ; 2 Tim. iv. 7; Heb. vi. 9 ; 1 
Pet. i. 5. 

11. Whei professors, who once gave credible 
evidence of piety, fall away, whal should be our 
conclusion respecting them? Matt. xiii. 20,21; 
John vi. 70 ; Acts viii. 21—23 : 1 John ii. 19. 
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12. Is it any valid objection to the doctrine of per 
severance that angels and Adam fell from holiness ? 

13. Are Christians placed upon the same foun 
dation, and subject to the same conditions as were 
the angels and our first parents? Rom. vi. 14 T 
Gal. hi. 11—14, 21—26 ; Eph. ii. 8 ; Heb. vi. 11— 
20 ; vii. 22. 

14. What effect is the doctrine of perseverance 
likely to have upon true Christians ? Rom. v. 5 ; 
2 Cor. vii. 1 ; Col. i. 6 ; 1 Tim. vi. 3 ; Titus ii. 11, 
12 ; Heb. iv. 1 ; vi. 19 ; x. 39 ; 2 Pet. i. 4 ; hi. 14 ; 
1 John hi. 3. 

15. What effect has it upon false professors 1 
Jer. vii. 10 ; Rom. iii. 8. 

16. If God has given a certain number to his 
Son ; if the Son of God has>died for them ; if the 
Holy Spirit has renewed them ; if they are justified 
by the imputed righteousness of Christ ; if they are 
united to the Saviour by a faith which is of Divine 
origin, what is the rational conclusion? 

17. Is it rational to suppose that God would be- 
gin a work and not finish it ? 

18. If, when a sinner repents, there is no 
assurance of his reaching heaven, is it rational for 
the angels lo rejoice at his conversion ? 

19. Are you a Christian? 

Firm as the earth thy gospel stands, 
My Lord, my hope, my trufct; 



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If I am found in Jesus' hand* 
My soul can ne'er be lost. 

His honor is engaged to save 
The meanest of his sheep; 

All, whom his heavenly Father gave 
His hands securely keep. 



LESSON XXXIII. 

BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

1. When was Baptism instituted as a religion* 
ordinance? Mark i. 1 — 5; xi. 30. 

2. Who was its first administrator* Matt. iii. 
5,6. 

3. What did he require as qualifications for 
baptism? Matt. iii. 8, 11 ; Acts xix. 4. 

4. How did Christ sanction, or ratify this ordi- 
nance? Matt. iii. 13 — 15. 

5. How did God signify his approval of that act 1 
Matt. iii. 16. 

6. Who are the proper subjects of this ordinance ? 
Matt. iii. 5—12 ; Mark xvi, 15, 16 ; Luke iii. 3— 
9; vii. 29; Act ii. 37, 38, 41 ; viii. 12,37; x. 
47 ; xvi. 14, 30—34 ; xviii. 8 ; xix. 4 ; xxii. 16. 

7. How is it to be administered ? Matt. iii. 6 ■ 
John iii. 23 ; Acts viii. 38, 39 ; Rom. vi. 4 ; Co. 
U. 12. 



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8. Who are the proper administrators? Matt 
xxviii. 19 ; John iii. 23 ; iv. 2 ; Acts viii. 38. 

9. What is the design of this ordinance ? Acta 
xix. 4 ; Rom. vi. 3—5 ; 1 Cor. xii. 13 ; Gal. iii. 
27; Col. ii. 12; 1 Pet. iii. 21. 

10. Is there any command in the New Testament 
for baptizing any but believers ? 

11. Is there any example in the New Testament 
of the baptism of any but professed believers? 

12. What are the obligations of the baptized? 
Matt, xxviii. 20 ; Acts ii. 42 ; xvi. 15, 34 ; Rom. 
vi. 1—4. 

13. When was the Lord's Supper instituted? 
Matt. xxvi. 26—28 ; 1 Cor. xi. 23—25. 

14. Who are the proper persons to partake of 
the Lord's Supper ? Matt, xxviii. 19, 20 ; Acts ii. 
41, 42. 

15. Is there any evidence in the New Testament 
that any unbaptized person was admitted to the 
Lord's table ? 

16. What is the design of this ordinance ? John 
vi. 51—53 ; 1 Cor. x. 16 ; xi. 23—26. 

17. With what feelings should communicants 
come to the Lord's table? Ps. xxvi. 6 ; Zech. xii. 
10; Matt. v. 23, 24; 1 Cor. v. 7, 8; x. 17; xi. 
27—34 ; 2 Cor. xiii. 5 ; Heb. x. 21, 22, 24. 

18. How long is this ordinance to be continued 
in the churches ? 1 Cor xi. 26. 



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19. Is there any conclusive direction m the New 
Testament as to the frequency with which it should 
be administered ? 

20. Are you a baptized believer, and, as such, a 
regular communicant at the Lord's table ? 

My dear Redeemer and my Lord, 
I read my duty in thy word ; 
But in thy life the law appears, 
Drawn out in living characters. 

Be thou my pattern ; make me bear 
More of thy gracious image here ; 
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name 
Among the followers of the Lamb. 



LESSON XXXIV. 

DEATH AND A FUTURE STATE. 

1. What is Death I 

2. Is it an extinction ot being? Eccl. xii. 7; 
Luke xvi. 22, 23 ; Rev. vi. 9 ; xx. 4. 

3. Is it the portion of all men? Gen. iii. 19 ; 
Eccl iii. 20 ; vi 6 ; Rom. v. 12 ; Heb. ix. 27. 

4. How many exceptions to this general rule are 
found in the divine record ? 2 Kings ii. 11 ; Heb 
xi. 5. 

5. Will there be any exceptions hereafter' ] 
Cor. xv. 51, 52; 1 Thess. iv. 15 — 17. 



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6. Can death in any way be averted? Job xW 
5 ; xxx. 23 ; Ps. xlix. 7—9 ; Eccl. viii. 8 ; Heb. 
ix. 27 ; James iv. 14. 

7. What is the procuring cause of human mor- 
tality ? Gen. ii. 17 ; iii. 19 ; Rom. v. 12 ; vi. 23 ; 
1 Cor. xv. 21. 

8. What are the effects of death upon the humar 
race? Ps. xlix. 16, 17; Eccl. hi. 20; ix. 10, 
Luke xii. 20 ; 1 Tim. vi. 7 ; Rev. xxii. 11. 

9. Is death to any a joyous event? Num. xxiii. 
10 ; Prov. xiv. 32 ; Isa. Ivii. 1 ; 2 Cor. v. 1—8 ; 
Phil. i. 21, 23; Rev. xiv. 13. 

10. Is death to any a terrible event ? Prov. x 
28 ; xiv. 32 ; Luke xvi. 22, 23. 

11. Is it important to be constantly prepared for 
death? Eccl. ix. 10; Isa. xxxviii. 1; Amos iv 
12 ; Matt. xxiv. 44 ; 1 Tim. vi. 19. 

12. What preparation is necessary for death 1 
Mark xvi. 16; Luke xiii. 3; John iii. 3 V 5, 18; 
Actsii. 37, 38; xvi. 30, 31. 

13. Do the Scriptures give absolute assurance 
of a Future State? Eccl. iii. 21; xii. 7; Matt. x. 
28 ; xvii. 3 ; xxii. 32 ; 2 Cor. v. 1 ; 2 Tim. i. 10. 

14. What is the state of the soul after death? 
Luke xvi. 22—25 ; xxiii. 43 ; 2 Cor. v. 6—9 ; 
Phil. i. 21, 23. 

15. Are you prepared for death and entrance 
upon a future slate ? 



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O, if my Lord would come and meet, 
My scil should stretch her wings in haste, 

Fly, fearless, through deat h's iron gate, 
Nor feel the terrors as she passed. 

Jesus can make a dying bed 

Feel soft as downy pillows are, 
While on his breast I lean my head, 

And breathe my life out sweetly there. 



LESSON XXXV. 

RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 

1 . What is meant by resurrection ? 

2. Do the cases, mentioned in the Bible, of de- 
ceased persons restored to life by Christ and others, 
come under the head of resurrection or resuscitation ? 
2 Kings iv. 32—37 ; Luke vii. 12—15 ; viii. 54, 
55; John xi. 1—44; Acts ix. 36—41. 

3. What case was the first which can properly 
be denoted a resurrection ? Acts xxvi. 23 ; 1 Cor. 
15, 20 ; Col. i. 18 ; Rev. i. 5. 

4. Is the doctrine of the resurrection of the body 
incredible? Matt, xxviii. 18 ; Acts xxvi. 8. 

5. What do the Scriptures teach upon this sub- 
ject? Job xix. 26, 27 ; Ps. xvi. 10 ; Isa. xxvi. 19 : 
Dan. xii. 2 ; John v. 28, 29 ; Acts xxiv. 15 ; 1 Cor 
xv. c , 22 ; 1 Thess. iv. 14—16 ; Rev. xx. 13. 



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6. Will the same body that is deposited in the 
earth be raised ? Isa. xxvi. 19 ; Luke xxiv. 39 ; 
John xx. 20, 27; 1 Cor. xv. 35—44. 

7. Did Enoch and Elijah and Christ, when they 
went to heaven, leave their bodies behind? 

8. Must the body be changed, in order to dwell 
in heaven? 1 Cor. xv. 50—52 ; Phil. hi. 21. £ 

9. When will the dead be raised ? 1 Cor. xv 
23, 51— 53 ; 1 Thess. iv. 16 ; Rev. xx. 11—13. 

10. By whom will the dead be raised ? John v. 
25—29; vi. 40,54; xi. 24—26; Rom. viii. 11; 
Phil. iii. 20, 21 ; 1 Thess. iv. 16. 

11. Will both the righteous and the wicked b8 
raised? Dan. xii. 2; John v. 28; Acts xxiv. 
15. 

12. Will both classes rise with the same pros- 
pects? Dan. xii. 2 ; John v. 29 ; 1 Thess. iv. 17; 
Rev. xx. 15. 

13. Is the doctrine of the general resurrection 
an important doctrine of Christianity ? 1 Cor. xv. 
12—14. 

14. Will there be a general judgment? Acts 
xvii. 31 ; Rom. xiv. 10, 12 ; Jude 6 ; Rev. xx. 12, 
13. 

15. When will it be? Deut. xxix. 29 ; Matt 
xxiv. 36 ; Acts i. 7. 

16. Will it be before or after death ? 2 Tim. iv 
I ; Heb. ix. 27 ; Rev. xx. 12. 



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17. Will it be before or after the resurrection ? 
Rev. xx. 13 

18. Who will be the Judge? Matt. xxv. 31, 
32 ; John v. 22, 27 ; Acts x. 42 ; xvii. 31 ; Rom. 
ii. 10; 2 Tim. iv. 1. 

19. Who will be judged ? Matt. xxv. 32 • Rom. 
xiv. 10—12 ; 2 Cor. v. 10 ; 2 Tim. iv. 1 ; Jude 6 ; 
Rev. xx. 12, 13. 

20. By what rule will men be judged? Ps 
xcvi. 13 ; xcviii. 9 ; John xii. 48 ; Acts xvii. 31 ; 
Rom. ii. 12, 16. 

21. Will the whole moral character and conduct 
of men be subjected to trial? Eccl. xii. 14 ; Matt* 
xii. 36, 37 ; Luke xii. 2 ; 1 Cor. iv. 5 ; 2 Cor. v. 
10 ; Jude 14, 15 ; Rev. xx. 12. 

22. What sentences will the Judge pronounce 
as the result of the trial? Matt. xxv. 34, 41. 

23. What will follow? Matt. xxv. 46 ; 1 Thess. 
iv. 17 ; Rev. xx. 15. 

24. What effect should the doctrine of the res- 
urrection and of the final judgment have upon man- 
kind? Eccl. xi. 9; xii. 13, 14; Amos iv. 12; 
Matt. xxiv. 42, 44 ; 1 Pet. iv. 7 ; 2 Pet. iii. 10—14. 

25. Are you prepared for that sublime and sol- 
emn scene? 

And will the Judge descend 7 

And must the dead arise ? 
And not a single soul escape 

His all-discerning e f es ? 




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How will my heart endure 

The terrors of that day, 
When earth and heaven, before his fece,, 

Astonished, shrink away ? 



LESSON XXXVI. 

HEAVEN AND HELL. 

1. Is there a place of future happiness? Matt. 
xxv. 34 : John xiv. 2, 3 ; Rev. iii. 21 ; xiv. 13. 

2. Where is it? Ps. xvi. 11 ; John xiv. 3 ; 2 
Cor. v. 8; Phil. i. 23; 1 Thess. iv. 17. 

3. By what names is it called? Matt. xxv. 34 ; 
Luke xxiii. 43 ; 2 Cor. v. 1 ; xii. 2 ; Heb. xi. 16 , 
xii. 22, 23 ; Rev. xxi. 2. 

4. For whom is it designed? Matt. xxv. 34 , 
Mark x. 40; John xiv. 2, 3 ; 1 Cor. ii. 9; Heb. 
.\i. 16. 

5. In what does the happiness of heaven consist ? 
Ps. xvi. 11 ; 1 Cor. xiii. 12 ; 2 Cor. v. 8 ; Phil. i. 
23 ; 1 John iii. 2 ; Rev. v. 9, 10, 13 ; vii. 15—17; 
xxii. 3. 

6. What number from among men will be thus 
happy? Rev. vii. 9. 

7. To what will they ascribe their salvation? 
Ps. xxxvii. 39; cxv. 1; Isa. lix. 16; Jonah ii. 9; 
Acts iv. 12 ; 2 Thass. ii. 13; Heb. v. 9 ; Rev. i 
5,6; v. 9 ; rii. 14. 



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8. What will be the duration of their happiness ? 
afatt. xxv. 46 ; John iii. 15, 36 ; iv. 14 ; x. 28 ; 
Rom. vi. 23 ; 1 Pet. i. 4 ; Rev. xxi. 4. 

9. Is there a place of future misery ? Ps. ix. 17; 
Mark ix. 43 ; Luke xvi. 23 ; 2 Pet. ii. 4 ; Rev. xx. 
10; xv. 21. 

10. Where is it? Matt. xxv. 30 ; Rev. xx. 10. 

11. By what names is it called? Matt. vii. 13 ; 
£. 28 ; 1 Pet. iii. 19 ; Jude 13 ; Rev. ix. 2 ; xx. 
10, 14. 

12. For whom was it originally prepared ? 
Matt. xxv. 41. 

13. Will all suffer the same degree of misery? 
Matt. xi. 22, 24 ; xxiii. 14, 15 ; Rom. ii.Q , 2 Cor. 
v. 10 ; Heb. x. 28, 29 ; Rev. xx. 13. 

14. What will be the duration of the misery of 
ihe finally impenitent? Dan. xii. 2; Matt. xxv. 
41, 46; Mark iii. 29; 2 Thess. i. 9; Rev. xiv 
U ; xxii. 11. 

15. Will their sufferings be severe ? Ps. xi. 6 
Isa. xxxiii. 14 ; Matt. iii. 12 ; xiii. 30, 40, 41, 42, 
49, 50 ; Mark ix. 43, 44 ; Luke xvi. 22—26 ; 2 
Thess. i. 9; Rev. xiv. 10; xix. 20 ; xx. 10, 14, 
15 ; xxi. 8, 15. 

16. Why will they be thus punished ? Prov. i. 
24 — 31 ; Ezek. xviii. 4 ; Mark xvi. 16 ; John iii. 
18, 19, 36; v. 40, 42; vm. 24; Acts xm. 46; 
Rom. i. 28—32 ; iii. 9—20 ; vii. 13 ; 2 Thess. i 
* ; ii. 12 Rev. xxi. 8. \ 



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17. What effect should this doctrine have upon 
our minds? Matt. vii. 13 ; x. 28 ; Luke xxi. 33 
-54,36; 2 Pet iii. 11 — 14. 

18. What are your prospects for eternity ' 

Beyond this vale of tears, 

There is a life above, 
Unmeasured by the flight of years ; 

And all that life is love. 

There is a death whose pang 

Outlasts the fleeting breath ! 
O, what eternal terrors hang 

Around the second de&m i 



GENERAL KEMAEKS. 

A common objection to Question Books that hav 
been prepared and published for the use of Sabbath 
Schools and Bible Classes, is, that they are often 
encumbered with two kinds of useless questions — 
the too simple, and the too difficult. It is said that 
many of the questions pertain to matters whicli 
every pupil may be supposed already to understand, 
or that they are so framed as to be answered in the 
shortest manner by a bare affirmative or negative, 
without eliciting any thought, or requiring any in- 
vestigation. On the other hand, it is alleged that 
oiany questions either presuppose a greater degree 
of previous knowledge than is ordinarily possessed 
oy pupils, or are so very profound that no man, 
however learned, can satisfactorily answer them. 

In preparing this volume, the author has had a 
careful eye to this objection, and studiously endeav- 
ored to avoid the two-fold evil that has been so fre- 
quently the subject of complaint. He flatters him- 
self that very few of the questions will be regarded 
as unnecessary on account of their simplicity, and 
that fewer still can be classed among the unanswer- 
able. He readily admits, however, that some of 
the questions — especially those to which no refer- 
ences are added — will require not only considerable 
reflection, but also the occasional consultation of 



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books that treat of the subjects which they propose 
tor consideration. His object has been to lead the 
mind into fields where thought and research would 
be unavoidable, and thus to task the faculties in the 
acquisition of invaluable knowledge. 

Both teachers and pupils should make it a point 
of duty to be thorough in their examination of every 
subject suggested in each lesson, and not to allow 
any question to be dismissed, until the truth has 
been fully elicited and made as obvious as possible 
to every individual. If this cannot be done ax a 
single meeting of the class, the lesson can easily be 
divided, and several weeks, or even months, as the 
case may require, expended upon the subject which 
it embraces. When the spirit of inquiry and faith- 
ful investigation is deeply awakened — -and this is 
always desirable — one question will sometimes be 
found sufficient for the whole time usually allotted 
to a lesson. The greater the time devoted to in 
vestigation, provided it be not spent in the discus 
sion of minute and useless subtleties, the greater, 
ordinarily, will be the amount of knowledge ac- 
quired. Something may be gained by a superficial 
process, just as the miner may easily gather up the 
few grains of gold which the rains have laid bare 
to the eye ; but those only, who, by patient and 
protracted assiduity, descend beneath the surface, 
and follow the veins of truth into their hidden 
depths, will come into the possession of " unsearch 
able riches." Fail not to be thorough. 



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In a note at the bottom of tije first page of ques- 
tions, it is said that " all the necessary definitions 
can be found in either Malcom's, or the Union 
Bible Dictionary." They may also be obtained 
with equal accuracy, and often accompanied by 
more numerous illustrations, from Dr. Alexander's 
Bible Dictionary, Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy 
Bible, or Rev. J. N. Brown's Encyclopedia of Re- 
ligious Knowledge. With a,t least one of these 
works, every teacher, and, if possible, every pupil 
who may use this Question Book, should be sup- 
plied. No lesson can be profitably studied, or in- 
telligently recited, without a distinct understanding 
cf the terms employed. 

The more difficult questions will probably be 
found in the first three lessons, and the author was 
strongly inclined to furnish, in an appendix, the 
information which might enable the pupils to an- 
swer them. But as such a course would considera- 
bly increase the size and the cost of the book, it 
was judged expedient to adopt the more concise 
method of referring to the books from which the 
desirable facts and arguments might be obtained. 

Every point embraced in the first three lessons 
will be found abundantly illustrated in the first vol- 
ume of Home's " Introduction to the Critical Study 
and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures." Where 
this cannot be conveniently procured, the author 
would recommend Gregory's Letters to a Friend on 
'he Evidences, Doctrines and Duties of the Christian 



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Religion ; or Bishop Wilson's Evidences of Christi- 
anity ; or Bishop Mcllvaine's Lectures on the samo 
subject. Prof. Gaussen's Treatise on Inspiration 
translated by the Rev. E. N. Kirk, is invaluable. Id 
addition to these, Faber's Difficulties of Infidelity, 
Wilberforce's Practical View of Christianity, Nel- 
son's Cause and Cure of Infidelity, and Leslie's 
Short Method with the Deists, may be read with 
great profit. Several of these have been published 
in a cheap form by the American Tract Society. 
Let teachers and pupils remember that they cannot 
easily take too much pains to store their minds richlj 
with the copious and conclusive arguments in favoi 
of the genuineness, authenticity, and inspiration of 
the Sacred Scriptures. The period is manifestly 
approaching when fundamental principles will be 
subjected to new and severe tests, and when this 
species of knowledge will be an indispensable ele- 
ment of Christian character, and essential to an effi- 
cient defence of Christian institutions. Let our 
youth and children be so instructed that they shall 
not only be able to express their confidence in the 
truth of the Bible as the Word of God, bi t also 
qualified, by stating the grounds of that confidence, 
to defend their position against the attacks of the 
flippant and sophistical, and no serious evil need to 
be apprehended. In every conflict of opinion, 
Truth, wielded by those who understand it, is an 
effective weapon, and sure to be victorious. 



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